Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XI, 270 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781501510144
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9781501510120
Series Statement:
Studies in generative grammar volume 137
Content:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Puzzle of Tense in Malayalam: A Cross-linguistic Perspective -- 3. Tense in Malayalam: Debunking Potential Arguments from Non-finite Forms -- 4. Viewpoint Aspect in Malayalam -- 5. Cross-linguistic variation in the perfect -- 6 .The Syntax and Semantics of Copulas in Malayalam -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index
Content:
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
Note:
restricted access online access with authorization star
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501516917
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als EPUB ISBN 9781501510120
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Swenson, Amanda Malayalam verbs Berlin : de Gruyter Mouton, 2019 ISBN 1501516914
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501516917
Language:
English
Keywords:
Malayalam
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Verb
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Malayalam
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Verb
DOI:
10.1515/9781501510144
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Author information:
Swenson, Amanda
