Open AccessPostposed Articles and DP Structures in Torlak
Author(s) -
Jelena Živojinović,
Beatrice Azzolina,
Veronica Girolami
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought/ca' foscari japanese studies. religion and thought
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2610-900X
pISSN - 2610-9417
DOI - 10.30687/bes/0/2021/01/004
Subject(s) - grammaticalization , slavic languages , bulgarian , macedonian , linguistics , affix , demonstrative , variety (cybernetics) , feature (linguistics) , element (criminal law) , history , philosophy , computer science , artificial intelligence , political science , law
This article sheds light on postposed articles and DP structures in Torlak, a non-standardised Balkan Slavic variety. Torlak and specifically Trgoviste-Torlak, unlike Bulgarian and Macedonian, does not exhibit MD. We argue that this scenery is due to a partial grammaticalization of the determiner, which is arguably an inflectional affix and maintains the demonstrative feature. In addition, we verify the nature of the Torlak DP and we make some considerations on the intermediate nature of this element with respect to the grammaticalization path, followed by the other Balkan Slavic varieties.