The Vedic -ya-presents : passives and intransitivity in Old Indo-Aryan

Author(s)

• Kulikov, L. I.

Bibliographic Information

The Vedic -ya-presents : passives and intransitivity in Old Indo-Aryan

Leonid Kulikov

（Leiden studies in Indo-European / series edited by R.S.P. Beekes, A. Lubotsky, J.S.S. [sic] Weitenberg, 19）

Rodopi, 2012

Note

Based on the author's 2001 PhD thesis from Leiden University

Bibliography: p. [801]-927

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is the first comprehensive study of the Vedic present formations with the suffix ya (' ya-presents' for short), including both present passives with the accented suffix ya and non-passive -ya-presents with the accent on the root (class IV in the Indian tradition). It offers a complete survey of all ya-presents attested in the Vedic corpus. The main issue in the spotlight of this monograph is the relationship between form (accent placement, diathesis) and function (passive/non-passive) in the system of the -ya-presents - one of the most solidly attested present classes in Sanskrit. One of the aims of the present study is to corroborate the systematic correlation between accent placement and the passive/non-passive distinction: passives bear the accent on the suffix, while non-passives have the accent on the root. The book also focuses on the position of the passive within the system of voices and valency-changing categories in Old Indo-Aryan.

Table of Contents

Preface Contents Abbreviations Introduction Vedic -ya-formations: preliminaries Syntactic and semantic preliminaries Corpus of texts and evaluation of evidence The structure of the survey of -ya-presents A Survey of Vedic -ya-presents Middle -ya-presents with suffix accentuation Middle -ya-presents with root accentuation Middle -ya-presents with fluctuating accentuation Unaccented middle -ya-presents Active -ya-presents Cyati presents A Systematic Analysis and Classification of -ya-presents Morphophonological classes of -ya-stems Semantics of -ya-presents Transitivity alternations and paradigmatic oppositions within the system of -ya-presents Remarks on paradigmatic properties of -ya-presents -ya-passives and other passive formations Diathesis fluctuations in -ya-presents Vedic -ya-presents in a diachronic perspective Appendices Post-Vedic -ya-presents: a selection Vedic quasi-denominatives and their passives -ya-passives and other formations attested in the passive usage: a synopsis Bibliography Texts Secondary literature Abbreviations Indices Index verborum Index locorum Index rerum

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Details

• NCID: BB09693916
• ISBN:
  • 9789042035225
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxix, 994 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PK131
  • DC : 494.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Indo-Aryan languages -- Word formation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14363367