Georgij Fiedotow 1886–1951

Because its there: How linguistic phenomena serve as cognitive opportunities

ions/ Intangibles činŭ ‘rank’, sanŭ ‘rank’, darŭ ‘gift’, rodŭ ‘clan’, grěxŭ ‘sin’, polŭ ‘half’, mirŭ ‘peace’ Associated with Czech, Polish, and Russian Gsg -u and Lsg -u We will focus our attention on the short-u-stem endings that survived the collapse of their paradigm. The few nouns that were associated with the old short-u-paradigm were absorbed into the o-stem masculine paradigm, but retain...