This article shows that particle verbs in Burgenland Croatian – a notable morphosyntactic phenomenon of language contact – may form aspectual pairs in a typically Slavic manner. Particle-based pairs with an indigenous base verb are formed by means of suffixation, suffix opposition, suppletion or prefixation. In the case of spatial relations, by contrast, preverbs predominate over prefixes, leading to a reduction of the old inventory of verbal compounds. Nevertheless, preverbs are only rarely obligatory in the formation of aspectual pairs. In the case of borrowings, only prefixation is productive, which might be attributed to German (and Hungarian) influence. On a par with other aspectual pairs, particle-based formations may express taxis relations (sequence, simultaneity, incidence). Language contact possibly contributed to the preservation of the Contextually Conditioned Imperfective Past also in imperfective particle verbs.
University of Konstanz, Germany
Chapter Title
Adverbielle Präfigierung im Sprachkontakt: Partikelverben und ihre aktionale Rolle im Burgenlandkroatischen
Authors
Jasmin Berghaus
Language
German
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0184-1.05
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Publication Year
2023
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Book Title
L’aspettualità nel contatto linguistico: lingue slave e oltre
Book Subtitle
Resistenza, ristrutturazione ed innovazione dell’aspetto verbale e della sua periferia sotto l’influsso di varietà alloglotte. Atti del 3º Convegno Internazionale Costanza/Hegne, 16-20 giugno 2019
Editors
Walter Breu, Malinka Pila
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Number of Pages
346
Publication Year
2023
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0184-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0183-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0184-1
eISBN (xml)
979-12-215-0185-8
Series Title
Biblioteca di Studi Slavistici
Series ISSN
2612-7687
Series E-ISSN
2612-7679