The Tamil Auxiliary Verb System - Sanford B. Steever

The Tamil Auxiliary Verb System

Buch | Softcover
336 Seiten
2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-99673-1 (ISBN)
41,10 inkl. MwSt
This book introduces the syntactic process of auxiliary formation and applies it to the grammatical analysis of the indicative, or non-modal, auxiliary verbs of Modern Tamil. Using data from spoken and written registers gathered over several years, the book demonstrates for the first time the systematic nature of auxiliary verb phenomena, and how they are integrated into the grammar of the language.

Including fresh information on new verb constructions, verbal categories and tenses, this book will be a welcome addition to the current general linguistics literature, in particular the study of verbal categories and the morphosyntactic processes that instantiate them.

Sanford B Steever holds three degrees in Linguistics and a diploma in Tamil. The author of four books and fifty articles on Historical Linguistics, Syntax, Dravidian Linguistics and Tamil, he spent three years of study and fieldwork in India. He has been a member of the Linguistics Society of America for thirty years and is a life member of the Dravidian Linguistics Association.

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and conventions List of figures and tables 1. Auxiliary Formation 2. The Tamil background 3. Tamil verb morphology 4. The internal syntax of the Tamil indicative AVC 5. The external syntax of the Tamil indicative AVC 6. The major indicative auxiliary verbs of Tamil 7. The minor indicative auxiliary verbs of Tamil 8. Auxiliaries of attitude and abuse 9. Conclusion Bibliography Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
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ISBN-10 1-138-99673-4 / 1138996734
ISBN-13 978-1-138-99673-1 / 9781138996731
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