AGGLUTINATION IN THE PROCESS OF HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS: DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENTIATION OF MORPHOLOGICAL STRUCTURES
Keywords:
agglutination, historical linguistics, diachronic morphology, linguistic typology, grammaticalization, morphological evolution, fusion, analyticism, resegmentation, language changeAbstract
The article is devoted to a comprehensive analysis of agglutination in the diachronic aspect. The aim of the work is to identify universal and specific ways of development of agglutinative morphological systems, as well as the causes of their internal differentiation. The research focuses on the mechanisms of grammaticalization that lead to the emergence of agglutinative affixes, and the conditions for maintaining “ideal” agglutination (an unambiguous correspondence between form and meaning). The author traces how, under the influence of phonetic changes, analogy, and language contacts, agglutinative paradigms can evolve into fusional ones or, conversely, simplify towards analyticism. Concrete examples from different language families (Altaic, Uralic, Bantu, etc.) demonstrate the cyclical nature and variability of morphological changes, calling into question the rigidity of typological classification.
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