Perfects in Indo-European languages and beyond

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ID23158124
EditorsRobert Crellin (0000-0002-0100-7437, University of Cambridge), Thomas Jügel (0000-0001-8687-075X, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
Year2020
Pages686
Publication date2020-09-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenuePerfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/cilt.352
OpenAlexW4205245503
ISBN9789027207371
Open LibraryOL38759539M
LanguageEN
Citations received7

This volume provides a detailed investigation of perfects from all the branches of the Indo-European language family, in some cases representing the first ever comprehensive description. Thorough philological examinations result in empirically well-founded analyses illustrated with over 940 examples. The unique temporal depth and diatopic breadth of attested Indo-European languages permits the investigation of both TAME (Tense-Aspect-Mood-Evidentiality) systems over time and recurring cycles of change, as well as synchronic patterns of areal distribution and contact phenomena. These possibilities are fully exploited in the volume. Furthermore, the cross-linguistic perspective adopted by many authors, as well as the inclusion of contributions which go beyond the boundaries of the Indo-European family per se, facilitates typological comparison. As such, the volume is intended to serve as a springboard for future research both into the semantics of the perfect in Indo-European itself, and verb systems across the world’s languages.

Biology · Indo-European languages · Indo-Pacific · Linguistics · Political science · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Comparative and general Grammar · Historical linguistics · Language and languages · Tense

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