|
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure
|
Buy Now
The Germanic Strong Verbs - Foundations and Development of a New System (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R5,617
Discovery Miles 56 170
|
|
|
The Germanic Strong Verbs - Foundations and Development of a New System (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
As a contribution to the ongoing discussion of the genesis of the
Germanic language, this book investigates the strong verbs of
Proto-Germanic using a new approach that combines historical and
typological morphology with quantitative etymology. It reveals that
the morphological peculiarities and the etymological problems of
the strong verbs have been considerably underestimated. The first
part of the book explains how drastically the inherited verb system
was transformed when it was uniformized and simplified around a
functionalized verbal ablaut. In particular, it is shown that the
systemic position of ablaut is typologically different from that in
the verb morphology of the Indo-European parent language. Moreover,
the origin of the lengthened grade preterits and other well-known
morphological problems of the strong verbs are discussed. After
developing a methodological framework, the second part of the book
presents a quantitative analysis of the etymological situation of
the strong verbs. It demonstrates that the etymological relations
of the strong verbs are significantly less clear than commonly
assumed, as almost half of them have no accepted etymology. A
comparative quantification of the primary verbs of Sanskrit and
Ancient Greek, both of which possess much better etymological
connections within the Indo-European language family, underlines
the significance of the Germanic data and the validity of the
analytical framework. Taken together, the investigations presented
in this book put the Germanic strong verbs in a new and markedly
different light. Their largely obscure etymological situation in
combination with their far-reaching morphological restructuring has
telling implications for the prehistory of the Germanic languages
and suggests new pathways for future research.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
