Lability in Balkan Slavic
Abstract The article assesses claims made in the previous studies regarding the increase in the number of identical transitive and intransitive verbs with patient-like arguments, that is, patientively labile (P-labile) verbs, in Macedonian in comparison with the other South Slavic languages. Based on an extensive sample of 130 varieties from different parts of the South Slavic dialectal continuum, this study confirms the observations regarding increased lability in Western and some Southeastern Macedonian dialects. Additionally, outside the labile hotbed, lability remains low with relatively homogenous patterning.
Authors
- Max Wahlström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9585-5217)
- Anastasia L. Makarova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5659-1389)
- Maxim Makartsev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0820-3238)
Institutions
- National Research University Higher School of Economics (RU)
- Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (DE)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (FR)
- University of Potsdam (DE)
- Langage, langues et cultures d'Afrique (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Studies in Language
- Published
- 2024-12-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23062.mak
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.56