Screen LibraryThe munda verb : typological perspectives /
This book - the first of its kind on any language family of the Indian subcontinent - treats the typology of the verb in the Munda language family. It presents details of the verb morphology in each Munda language, including systems of agreement, tense/aspect/mood categories, noun incorporation, aux...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Authors: | |
| Published: |
De Gruyter Mouton,
|
| Publisher Address: | Berlin ; Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
2011. ©2007 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs [tilsm] ;
volume 174 |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110924251 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110924251.jpg |
| Summary: |
This book - the first of its kind on any language family of the Indian subcontinent - treats the typology of the verb in the Munda language family. It presents details of the verb morphology in each Munda language, including systems of agreement, tense/aspect/mood categories, noun incorporation, auxiliary verbs, negation, and transitivity. An exhaustive cross-linguistic corpus is used for comparison. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110924251 |
| Index Number: | PL4502 |
| CLC: | H611 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Chapter 1. The Munda language family -- Chapter 2. Voice and version in the Munda verb -- Chapter 3. Referent indexing in the Munda verb -- Chapter 4. Tense, aspect, mood and transitivity -- Chapter 5. Negation -- Chapter 6. Noun incorporation -- Chapter 7. Switch reference -- Chapter 8. Auxiliary verb construction and other complex predicate types -- References -- Index |