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UNINA9910954830003321 |
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Autore |
Binnick Robert I |
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Titolo |
The past tenses of the Mongolian verb : meaning and use / / by Robert I. Binnick |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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9786613356741 |
9781283356749 |
1283356740 |
9789004216143 |
9004216146 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Collana |
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Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mongolian language - Verb |
Grammar, Comparative and general - Tense |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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