Re: IE & Uralic

On Sri, siječanj 9, 2008 3:15 pm, ualarauans wrote:

> Partitive genitive in Russian may be due to a relatively late
> influence from the Baltic Finnish substrate.

Maybe in some uses but in general no. Partitive genitive is attested in
Slavic in general, not just in Russian. The use of genitive instead of
accusative in the negative sentences seems to be a general Balto-Slavic
trait as well.

Mate

> Note that the North
> Russian dialects (Slavo-Finnish contact area) make use of partitive
> genitive also in positive contexts which finds exact correspondence
> in Baltic Finnish (particularly in Suomi, see I. Vahros' Venäjän
> genetiivi ja suomen partitiivi eritoten objektin ja subjektin
> kaasuksina. Juhlakirja L. Hakulisen 60-vuotispäiväksi. Helsinki,
> 1959. Pp. 283ff).