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2011 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The Functions of the Particles mxolod and mart’o in Georgian
Author : Anna Chutkerashvili
Published in: Logic, Language, and Computation
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The paper discusses the meaning and functions of the Georgian lexical items
mxolod
and
mart’o
. It shows that both are focus particles which can substitute each other in particular contexts and that
mxolod
,unlike
mart’o
, can be negated and imply an additive reading. The paper further shows that
mart’o
can be categorized as an adverb additionally to its categorization as focus particle. As adverb it can function as adverbial or secondary predicate. Whereas
mxolod
and
mart’o
as focus particles relate to physical, countable items,
mart’o
can denote physical and spiritual properties. It follows from the bi-categorial status of
mart’o
that
mart’o
is more productive in word formation than
mxolod
.