Towards the typology of semantic shifts undergone by verbs of throwing:evidence from Hill Mari
The article deals with the grammaticalization undergone by two verbs of throwing - šuaš and kə̈ škäš - in Hill Mari complex predicates. Some morphosyntactic properties are discussed, as well as the collocational restrictions of šuaš and kə̈ škäš in complex predicates. Similarities and differences between the constructions are also analyzed.