The Roots of the Plural Action Verb in the Dravidian Languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4867556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanford B Steever (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 581 |
| Publication date | 1987-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/603302 |
| OpenAlex | W2330934997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Study of the plural action verb reveals how it reflects general principles of comparative Dravidian grammar. A new synchronic analysis serves as the basis of a new etymology of this form in South-Central Dravidian. It is shown to be descended from the echo compound verb through a series of elementary steps. Compound Verb Contraction is first applied to the echo compound verb, creating a synthetic form out of an analytic one. Subsequent restructuring brings this contracted form into line with the morphological and lexical constraints on the words in these languages. The formal and semantic correspondences are presented and explained in detail. The new etymology entails rejecting the reconstruction of a system of verb stem derivation to Proto-Dravidian. It also illustrates the extent to which emotive language such as the echo compound verb is integrated into the grammar of the Dravidian languages, and participates in their historical development
Action (physics) · Linguistics · Physics · Plural · Verb · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 1988 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |