Introducing Arguments: Samoyedic (Forest Nenets) Predestinative as a bundle of D and i*

Gleb Bubnov
HSE University

Abstract: This paper explores the predestinative category in Samoyedic languages, focusing on Forest Nenets. It examines the syntactic and semantic properties of predestinative forms, comparing them with nominal tense and low applicative. The study proposes a bundling hypothesis, suggesting that predestinative markers spell out a bundle of an argument-introducing i* head and the D head. This analysis explains the mixed properties of predestinative possessors and unveils another possible bundle along with its syntactic effects.

Keywords: predestinative, Samoyedic languages, formal syntax, introducing arguments, Forest Nenets

For citation: Bubnov G. Introducing arguments: Samoyedic (Forest Nenets) predestinative as a bundle of D and i*. Typology of Morphosyntactic Parameters. 2024. Vol. 7, iss. 1. Pp. 13–34. doi:10.37632/PI.2024.61.32.001