with dependent predicative units denoting location
in the Tuvan language
The paper gives a brief overview of grammaticalized syntactic constructions within the Tuvan
polypredicative system, represented by specialized syntactic structures denoting locations.
The semantics being analyzed is represented in the Tuvan language by three structural types
of bipredicative constructions. The first type consists of bipredicative constructions where the
relation between the dependent predicative unit and the main predicative unit is usually analytical,
expressed by correlative pronouns. These correlative pronouns show the necessity of dependent
predicative unit. In other words, the correlative pronouns mark the predicative units specifically
as parts of complex sentences that are unable to function independently. The second type includes
bipredicative constructions with local case forms (dative, locative, directive) of nouns, correlating
with a dependent predicative unit. In the Tuvan language, the localizer is marked by locative case
in predicates in temporal forms, with their semantics denoting the relevance of the action for the
moment of speech. It is marked by dative case when other temporal forms are used. Due to denoting
the meaning of whereabouts, the dative case usually expresses the static aspect of its semantics.
The third type consists of bipredicative constructions with analytical markers, namely the
synsemantic nouns cher “earth,” kizhi “human,” үe “time,” and others. While being formally attributive,
these constructions serve as dependent predicative units with meanings of location and
localize the entire main predicative unit.
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