Voprosy JazykoznanijaVoprosy JazykoznanijaВопросы языкознания0373-658X3034-5243The Russian Academy of Sciences65057710.31857/0373-658X.2024.3.31-59ArticlesСтатьиResearch ArticleToward a historical grammar of elevation in KartvelianНа пути к созданию исторической грамматики элевации в картвельских языкахRostovtsev-PopielAlexander A.Ростовцев-ПопельАлександр Александрович
Germany
rostovts@uni-mainz.deChukhuaMerab J.ЧухуаМераб Джумберович
Georgia
mchukhua@yahoo.comJohannes Gutenberg University MainzМайнцский университет имени Иоганна ГутенбергаIvane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State UniversityТбилисский государственный университет имени Иванэ Джавахишвили130820243315931012025Copyright ©; 2024, Russian Academy of SciencesCopyright ©; 2024, Российская академия наук2024Russian Academy of SciencesРоссийская академия наукhttps://journals.eco-vector.com/0373-658X/article/view/650577

This paper in detail addresses and, for the first time in the field, presents linguistic evidence related to the expression of elevational semantics in the Kartvelian languages. The domains of its expression include a wide range of parts of speech, such as adverbs, adjectives, postpositions, and verbs. Provided with a broad synchronic illustrative base, as well as with respective diachronic commentaries, the material under discussion is meant to lay the groundwork for the establishment of a diachronic grammar of elevation in Kartvelian.

В статье подробно рассматриваются и впервые вводятся в научный обиход сведения, касающиеся выражения семантики элевации в картвельских языках. Сферы ее выражения включают в себя широкий частеречный спектр: наречия, прилагательные, послелоги, глаголы. Материал, обеспеченный и снабженный как широким синхронным контекстом, так и диахроническим комментарием, призван лечь в основу исторической грамматики элевации в картвельских языках.

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