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Suppletion in verb paradigms : bits and pieces of the puzzle /

This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, as in English go 'go. PRESENT' vs. went 'go. PAST', a phenomenon referred to as suppletion in current linguistic theory. The work is based on a broad sample of 193 languages, and examines this long neglected phenomenon from a typo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Veselinova, Ljuba N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 67.
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  • Suppletion in Verb Paradigms; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and presentation conventions; Introduction; 1. Previous studies on suppletion; 2. Method; 3. Some theoretical issuesand a general overview of the data; 4. Tense-aspect suppletion I; 5. Tense-aspect suppletion II; 6. Suppletive imperatives; 7. Verbal number and suppletion; Concluding remarks; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; References; Index of languages; Index of authors; Index of subjects; The series Typological Studies in Language.