If there are analogical changes in the inflectional paradigms of place names, non-local cases (including the nominative) are generally reformed after local cases (such as the dative), rather than the other way round.
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When there are analogical changes in the inflectional paradigms of place names, non-local cases (including the nominative) are generally reformed after local cases (such as the dative), rather than the other way round.
Keywords
place name, nominative case, local case, non-local case, analogical change
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes it to be valid universally.2. See also Hock, H. H. (1991). Principles of Historical Linguistics, 232-234. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.Manzelli, Gianguido (1993). Lessicalizzazione di sintagmi preposizionali: Nomi di luogo. Archivio Glottologico Italiano 78: 26-52. (Place names often derive from adpositional phrases with a local adpositions.)
1. Although the investigation is based only on Indo-European languages, the author assumes it to be valid universally.2. See also Hock, H. H. (1991). Principles of Historical Linguistics, 232-234. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.Manzelli, Gianguido (1993). Lessicalizzazione di sintagmi preposizionali: Nomi di luogo. Archivio Glottologico Italiano 78: 26-52. (Place names often derive from adpositional phrases with a local adpositions.)