(Meadow Mari)

InitAdvSb / FinalAdvSb / InternAdvSb

InitAdvSb: An independent subordinator appears at the front of the subordinate clause.

FinalAdvSb: An independent subordinator appears at the end of the subordinate clause.

InternAdvSb: An independent subordinator appears within the subordinate clause.

(1)kükurəkgəčkunamvürlekt-eš,tunamiževürjog-əžo.
rockmountainfromwhenbloodgush‑3SGthenonlybloodflow‑IMP.3SG
’Let blood be spilled only when mountain rocks bleed.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

(2)kunamtudomem-na-mmiškan-əštol-ašüž-ö,vikkelš-en-na.
when(s)hewe‑1PL‑ACCMishkan‑ILLcome‑INFinvite‑PST2.3SGat_onceagree‑PST2‑1PL
’When (s)he invited us to Mishkan, we accepted at once.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

(3)ahtarijkočakelš-eno-g-əl,molan_manaš_gəntudopeš
Akhtariuncleagree‑CVB.CNGNEG‑3SG‑bebecauseitvery
šergelij-ən.
expensivebe‑PST2.3SG
’Uncle Akhtari did not agree because it was very expensive.’ (Arkhangelskiy 2019)

(4)erlaigečesaj-rakgən,jal-əškekudal-əna.
tomorrowweathergood‑COMPifvillage‑ILLtravel‑1PL
’If the weather is better tomorrow, we will go to the countryside.’ (Riese et al. 2022: 101)

Meadow Mari uses independent subordinators, most of which appear at the front of the subordinate clause (2)-(3). Some of these subordinators can also occupy a clause-internal position (1). A smaller group of subordinators appear clause-finally (4).

Author: Bogáta Timár


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