Remarks on Indo-European Infinitives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2874158 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert J Jeffers (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 133 |
| Publication date | 1975-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-8507 • E-ISSN: 1535-0665 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/413155 |
| OpenAlex | W2313494109 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
Indo-European offers a wide variety of infinitive formations, many of which are shared by several of the dialects, and all of which appear to reflect earlier verbal nouns. The literature includes considerable discussion on the etymological origins of individual infinitive endings, but little on intermediate developments which may account for the disparate systems of the historical languages. This paper suggests that at least two separate classes of infinitives are to be noted among the infinitive types which occur cross-dialectally, and that these two classes reflect chronologically distinct occurrences in the history of IE infinitival development. This distinction is most clearly demonstrable in Vedic, but parallel evidence exists in several other dialects
Linguistics · History · Lexicography and Language Studies · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2020 (44) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |