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A History of Indo-European Verb Morphology.
This book explores the origin and evolution of important grammatical categories of the Indo-European verb, including the markers of person, tense, number, aspect, and mood. Its central thesis is that many of these markers can be traced to original deictic particles which were incorporated into verba...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
1992.
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| Series: | Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ;
v. 88. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This book explores the origin and evolution of important grammatical categories of the Indo-European verb, including the markers of person, tense, number, aspect, and mood. Its central thesis is that many of these markers can be traced to original deictic particles which were incorporated into verbal structures in order to indicate the 'hic and nunc' and various degrees of remoteness from the 'hic and nunc'. The alterations to which these deictic elements were subject are viewed here in the context of an Indo-European language very different from Brugmannian Indo-European, many features of whi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027277466 902727746X 1283424460 9781283424462 9786613424464 6613424463 |
| ISSN: | 0304-0763 ; |