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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©2006.
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| Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 67. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 typological perspective. In addition to identifying types of suppletion which occur cross-linguistically, the study brings to light areal patterns of the occurrence of suppletive forms in verb paradigms. Several hypotheses as regards the diachronic development of suppletive forms are presented as well. The author also seeks. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9027229791 9789027229793 9789027293268 9027293260 1282155385 9781282155381 9786612155383 6612155388 |
| ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |