Syntagmatics of the Adjectives Ӧnder ‘Tall’and Gün ‘Deep’
Abstract
With evidence from the Kalmyk National Corpus, the article explores the syntagmatics of the adjectives ӧnder ‘tall’ and gün ‘deep’. The adjectives ӧnder and gün are semantically close but measurements of an object are performed differently. Ӧnder collocates with words denoting vertical stems (pillars), stretched objects, stilts and, unlike gün, cannot collocate with nouns characterizing substances (snow, water), permanent containers: one can say gün tӓrlk ‘deep plate’ but one cannot say ӧnder tӓrlk ‘high plate’; gün tsasn ‘deep snow’ but not ӧnder tsasn ‘high snow’.
About the Authors
S. Bachaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Research Associate, Department of Linguistics
N. Mulaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (Elista)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in Philology (Candidate of Philological Sciences), Research Associate, Department of Linguistics
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For citations:
Bachaeva S., Mulaeva N. Syntagmatics of the Adjectives Ӧnder ‘Tall’and Gün ‘Deep’. Mongolian Studies. 2016;8(2):70-77. (In Russ.)
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