Malayalam Verbs : : Functional Structure and Morphosemantics / / Amanda Swenson.
This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense Phrase and tense morphology, i.e. is ‘tenseless’...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019] ©2019 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XI, 270 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Puzzle of Tense in Malayalam: A Cross-linguistic Perspective -- 3. Tense in Malayalam: Debunking Potential Arguments from Non-finite Forms -- 4. Viewpoint Aspect in Malayalam -- 5. Cross-linguistic variation in the perfect -- 6 .The Syntax and Semantics of Copulas in Malayalam -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index |
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Summary: | This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense Phrase and tense morphology, i.e. is ‘tenseless’. However, this book shows that Malayalam behaves differently from other tenseless languages and that it does have tense morphology. It also provides evidence that there is a Tense Phrase in the syntax. In addition, it examines what have been called the two 'imperfectives' and argues that one is a type of progressive, while the other is a pluractional marker and shows that Malayalam lacks perfect morphology and a Perfect Phrase in, minimally, Universal perfects. With respect to finiteness, among other things, it argues that Conjunctive Participles are best analyzed as a type of absolutive adjunct and that -athu ‘gerunds’ involve nominalization above the Tense Phrase-level. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in cross-linguistic variation in Tense-Aspect-Modality and/or the morphosyntax or morphosemantics of Dravidian languages. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501510144 9783110762464 9783110719567 9783110742978 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610307 9783110606287 |
ISSN: | 0167-4331 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501510144 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Amanda Swenson. |