A history of Indo-European verb morphology
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A history of Indo-European verb morphology
（Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, Series 4 . Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 88）
Benjamins, 1992
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Bibliography: p. [133]-149
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This book explores the origin and evolution of important grammatical categories of the Indo-European verb, including the markers of person, tense, number, aspect, and mood. Its central thesis is that many of these markers can be traced to original deictic particles which were incorporated into verbal structures in order to indicate the 'hic and nunc' and various degrees of remoteness from the 'hic and nunc'. The alterations to which these deictic elements were subject are viewed here in the context of an Indo-European language very different from Brugmannian Indo-European, many features of which, it is argued, appeared only in the period of dialectal development. This book challenges numerous traditional proposals about the Indo-European verb; all reconstructions contained in it are firmly based on extant data and are consonant with established principles of linguistic change.
Table of Contents
- 1. Preface & Acknowledgements
- 2. I: Introduction
- 3. II: The Origin of the Singular Person Markers, Tense Markers, and Related Grammatical Categories
- 4. III: The Origin of the Non-Singular Category
- 5. IV: The Origin of the H i-Conjugation, the Perfect, and the Middle Voice
- 6. V: The Origin of the Optative and the Subjunctive
- 7. VI: A Brief Chronological Summary
- 8. Endnotes
- 9. References
- 10. Index of Names
- 11. Index of Subjects and Languages
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