[Lingtyp] Denominal suffix > locative case

[Matt Windsor]

Dear typologists,

The Algonquian language I’m describing, Oji-Cree, has a locative noun
marker that developed out of a denominal suffix meaning ‘there are lots of
N/ there are many N’.

*Is anyone familiar with comparable pathways of change in other languages?*
e.g. denominal suffix > locative,
‘many’ > locative,
or barring that, denominal suffixes being reinterpreted as nominal
inflection?


*Details*
The basic derivation/ pathway of change in Oji-Cree is:
1. sakime
‘mosquito’ (noun)

2. sakime-hkaa
mosquito-be.many
‘there are lots of mosquitoes’ (verb)

3. (kaa-ishi-)sakime-hkaa-k ‘
rel-place-mosquito-be.many-sub
'where there are many mosquitoes’ (verb, adverbial subordinate of location)
(or, as a place-name, simply sakime-hkaa-k ‘place of many mosquitoes’)

4. --> sakime-hkaak
mosquito-loc
‘among the mosquitoes’ (reinterpreted as a noun + inflection)

This newer locative suffix joins an existing locative suffix -k, but is
more specialized in meaning, having a rough semantic range of ‘among, in,
inside, surrounded by’.

Any insights would be appreciated,


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