Structural forms of denominative verbs and deverbalization tendencies in the southern sub-dialects

Abstract

Deverbative  nominal  is one of the means of enriching the lexical fund of the language. Derivation  of  new verbs from it is even more interesting from the standpoint of  re-word-formation. The issue becomes even more urgent when a foreign stem is used for  derivation.

The goal of the paper  is to study the denominatives derived from deverbative  nominals according to the  southern sub-dialects: Ajarian (internal dialect) and Shavshian, Klarjian, Taoian(external dialects); to analyze the  verbs which are derived  from Georgian and foreign (Eastern) deverbative  nominals. Most of the stems of the  denominative verbs  in southern sub-dialects are infinitive: gvaduni, blauni, laruki, perxulobs, ebaduneba, egvaduneba, eblauneba, elartukeba, etc.; Some of them have re-doubled stem: cuncrukebs, pukpukebs, ikikebs. The number of the forms  derived from masdar is few: ǯinkvavs, apešvebs. The forms xvaratoba and partoba attested  in Taoian are noteworthy. Here dialectisms precede archaisms.

It is quite productive to derive  new verbs from foreign deverbative nominals,  there are especially many denominative  verbs derived from infinitive: taγluǯoba, kibroba, ašmeroba, aǯiroba, pišmanoba, zaxmetoba, meraoba, ehroba, xizmetoba, avγboba, čingnoba, hevesoba, dadingleba, dasunnateba, dabarišeba, aatmišeba, gaterbieleba.

The perspective of the research is to study in detail  the materials and compare them with other dialects of the Georgian language; Also, to analyze denominative verbs  according to whether they are derived from foreign stems - more often from nominals or from deverbative  nouns.