Amanda Swenson Malayalam Verbs (Hardback) Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Malayalam VerbsCondition: NewSubtitle: Functional Structure and MorphosemanticsISBN-10: 1501516914EAN: 9781501516917ISBN: 9781501516917Publisher: De Gruyter MoutonFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 09/23/2019Description: This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense Phrase and tense morphology, i.e. is ‘tenseless’. However, this book shows that Malayalam behaves differently from other tenseless languages and that it does have tense morphology. It also provides evidence that there is a Tense Phrase in the syntax. In addition, it examines what have been called the two 'imperfectives' and argues that one is a type of progressive, while the other is a pluractional marker and shows that Malayalam lacks perfect morphology and a Perfect Phrase in, minimally, Universal perfects. With respect to finiteness, among other things, it argues that Conjunctive Participles are best analyzed as a type of absolutive adjunct and that -athu ‘gerunds’ involve nominalization above the Tense Phrase-level. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in cross-linguistic variation in Tense-Aspect-Modality and/or the morphosyntax or morphosemantics of Dravidian languages. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 539gAuthor: Amanda SwensonGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]Release Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: Malayalam Verbs

Title: Malayalam Verbs

Subtitle: Functional Structure and Morphosemantics

ISBN-10: 1501516914

EAN: 9781501516917

ISBN: 9781501516917

Release Date: 09/23/2019

Release Year: 2019

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Item Height: 230mm

Genre: Language & Reference

Number of Pages: 281 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Malayalam Verbs : Functional&Nbsp;Structure&Nbsp;And&Nbsp;Morphosemantics

Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc.

Subject: Linguistics / Syntax, Linguistics / Semantics, Linguistics / General, Indic Languages

Publication Year: 2019

Type: Language Course

Item Weight: 19 Oz

Item Length: 9.1 in

Author: Amanda Swenson

Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [Sgg] Ser.

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Hardcover