Roman Viktorovich Tarasov
Department of Applied and Experimental Linguistics, Leo Tolstoy Higher School of Russian Philology and Culture, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, Russia
This study explores the linguistic expression of the “tropative” meaning—”to consider someone/something as someone/something”—in languages that occupy a middle ground between natural and constructed forms. These include Slavic micro-languages and contact languages, which are partially natural and partially constructed. Building on prior research into tropative patterns in constructed languages, this study examines how intermediary languages reflect typological differences from both natural and constructed languages. The analysis categorizes micro-languages into two groups—those that are predominantly natural and those that are predominantly constructed—revealing distinct linguistic behaviors within each group. The findings suggest that tropative patterns in these intermediary languages exhibit unique structural tendencies, differing from both major linguistic categories. This study contributes to understanding how hybrid linguistic systems conceptualize and encode complex meanings.
Keywords: Tropative, Micro-languages, Contact Languages, Constructed Languages
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The 10th International Conference on Languages, Linguistics, Translation and Literature (WWW.TLLL.IR), 1-2 February 2025, Ahwaz.
