Competing Intraterminals in the South Siberian Turkic Language Chalkan
Abstract
This article describes mixed paradigms in the viewpoint (aspect) forms in Chalkan, a highly endangered northern Altay variety spoken in the Republic of Altay where the southern variety Altay kiži ‘Altay people’ serves as the basis for Standard Altay. It had affected all Chalkan language levels. Chalkan is switching to employing the auxiliary verb tur- ‘stand’, typical for Standard Altay, instead of t’at- ‘lie’ in the most recent intraterminal viewpoint forms going back to biverbal constructions. Both types are used in parallel at present, which leads to their merging and existence of allomorphs belonging to different harmonic types.
Submitted: March 4, 2024 | Accepted: Nov. 5, 2024 | Published Feb. 20, 2025 | Language: en
Keywords Viewpoint forms • Mixed aspect-tense paradigms • Standard Altay • Auxiliary verbs • Chalkan
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