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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797014503321

Autore

Olander Thomas <1974->

Titolo

Proto-Slavic inflectional morphology : a comparative handbook / / by Thomas Olander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, The Netherlands ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-27050-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Collana

Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages and Linguistics, , 1875-6328 ; ; Volume 14

Disciplina

491.8

Soggetti

Proto-Slavic language - Morphology

Proto-Slavic language - Inflection

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 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonological Background -- 3 Nominal Inflection -- 4 Verbal Inflection -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Proto-Slavic, the reconstructed ancestor of the Slavic languages, presents a rich inflectional system inherited from Proto-Indo-European. In this handbook all the inflectional endings of Proto-Slavic are traced back to Proto-Indo-European through a systematic comparison with the corresponding forms in related languages. Applying a redefinition of Proto-Slavic based on prehistoric loanword relations with neighbouring non-Slavic languages, Thomas Olander provides a new look at the Proto-Slavic inflectional system. The systematic, coherent and exhaustive approach laid out in the handbook paves the way for new solutions to long-standing problems of Slavic historical grammar.