Malayalam Verbs Functional Structure and Morphosemantics
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 'tense...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2019]
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| Series: | Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ;
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- 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