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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824829503321

Autore

Robbeets Martine

Titolo

Diachrony of verb morphology : Japanese and the Transeurasian languages / / Martine Robbeets

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter Muoton, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-055512-3

3-11-039994-6

3-11-040011-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (568 p.)

Collana

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; Volume 291

Classificazione

801.2

Disciplina

412

Soggetti

Language and languages - Etymology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

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

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Verb Roots -- 4. Negation -- 5 Verbalization and actionality -- 6 Valence and voice -- 7 Nominalization and the development of finite temporal distinctions -- 8 Converbs -- 9 Evaluation -- Abbreviations -- References -- Language index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with shared verb morphology in Japanese and other languages that have been identified as Transeurasian (traditionally: “Altaic”) in previous research. It analyzes shared etymologies and reconstructed grammaticalizations with the goal to provide evidence for the genealogical relatedness of these languages.