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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">next week we will host a joint JenLing talk
with the Linguistic Convergence Laboratory of HSE, Moscow: <br>
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<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Tuesday, 19 January, 14:00</span></b><br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Chingduang Yurayong (Mahidol University): </span></b><b><br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Postposed <i>
-to</i> in North Russian dialects through the lens of Finnic
languages in contact </span></b></p>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">The use of demonstrative-derived morphemes in
the head-following position is characteristic of North Russian
dialects (<i>-to
</i>and its variants <i>-ta</i>, <i>-tu</i>, <i>-ti</i>, <i>-te</i>,
…) and eastern Finnic languages (<i>-se
</i>[singular] and <i>-ne </i>[plural]), such as Olonets
Karelian, Lude, and Veps. In terms of function, some previous
studies regard these grammatical elements as definite articles,
while other recent studies identify additional functions related
to information structure and discourse. </span>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Given that an equivalent construction is not
observed in Belarusian and Ukrainian, and
<i>-to</i> in other Russian dialects mostly remain invariable,
several studies propose that declinable
<i>-to </i>in North Russian could have resulted from language
contact with the Uralic-speaking population who adopted Russian
as their second language, particularly Finnic speakers. </span></p>
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8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Of many aspects of the research question,
this presentation will focus on exploring contexts of use of
<i>-to</i> in North Russian and <i>-se</i> in Finnic from the
perspectives of </span>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">referentiality, information structure, and
evaluation. Potential development paths will also be discussed
by paying attention to the Russian-Finnic contact scenario
during the past millennium. <br>
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style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">Please use the following link: </span><br>
<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif"><a
href="https://zoom.us/j/91439654276?pwd=ZTBYWnlaZlZWcFhmanpaWUhqa1Bodz09"
target="_blank">https://zoom.us/j/91439654276?pwd=ZTBYWnlaZlZWcFhmanpaWUhqa1Bodz09</a>
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<div>You are very welcome!</div>
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<div>Best wishes, <br>
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<div>Ruprecht (von Waldenfels)<br>
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