Vocative for nominative

[John Dunn]

Possible examples are found in Old Russian texts from the Novgorod area.  See, for example, A.A. Zaliznjak, Drevnenovgorodskij dialekt, pp. 82-87.

John Dunn.


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From: kkwon at FAS.HARVARD.EDU
To: SEELANGS at BAMA.UA.EDU
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 17:22:37 -0400
Subject: [SEELANGS] Vocative for nominative

Dear SEELANGers,

Does anyone know of any language (esp. in Slavic langauges), in which vocative
is used for nominative? I am excluding the case when a default/unmarked
nominative is used for vocative, i.e., John! Ivan!.

Among Slavic, I have heard/read about BCS (am I right in order?), Slovenian,
Belarussian (,and possibly Polish, to my vague memory) have this kind of
morphological substitution...

Many thanks in advance,

Joon

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John Dunn
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University of Glasgow, Scotland

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