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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457930903321

Autore

Binnick Robert I

Titolo

The past tenses of the Mongolian verb [[electronic resource] ] : meaning and use / / by Robert I. Binnick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012

ISBN

1-283-35674-0

9786613356741

90-04-21614-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Empirical approaches to linguistic theory, , 2210-6243 ; ; v. 1

Disciplina

494/.2356

Soggetti

Mongolian language - Verb

Grammar, Comparative and general - Tense

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- I. The Problem of the Mongolian Past Tenses -- II. Use and Interpretation of the Past Tenses in the Spoken Language -- III. Use and Interpretation of the Past Tenses in the Written Language -- IV. The Discourse Functions of the Tenses -- Remarks in Lieu of a Conclusion -- Appendix -- List of Works Cited -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In the Modern Mongolian language there are four verb forms which have traditionally been labelled as past tense markers, differing primarily in aspect. In the last two decades scholars have suspected that the past tenses endings may actually differ by marking evidentiality and inferentiality. The present study not only confirms this, but, using 350 glossed and analyzed examples drawn from a variety of sources, shows distinctions of degrees of remoteness as well, and details significant differences between the spoken and written languages.