Comparison and Gradation in Indo-European / / ed. by Wolfgang Hock, Götz Keydana, Paul Widmer.
The ability to compare is fundamental to human cognition. Expressing various types of comparison is thus essential to any language. The present volume presents detailed grammatical descriptions of how comparison and gradation are expressed in ancient Indo-European languages. The detailed chapters de...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Mouton Handbooks of Indo-European Typology [MHIET] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 597 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Table of Contents -- 1 Comparison and Gradation in Indo- European: Introduction and Overview -- 2 Anatolian -- 3 Classical Armenian -- 4 Old Albanian -- 5 Ancient Languages of the Balkans -- 6 Baltic -- 7 Old Church Slavonic -- 8 Brittonic -- 9 Continental Celtic -- 10 Goidelic -- 11 Old Nordic -- 12 West Germanic -- 13 Ancient Greek -- 14 Old Indo-Aryan -- 15 Old Iranian -- 16 Latin -- 17 Sabellian -- 18 Tocharian -- Contributors -- Index |
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Summary: | The ability to compare is fundamental to human cognition. Expressing various types of comparison is thus essential to any language. The present volume presents detailed grammatical descriptions of how comparison and gradation are expressed in ancient Indo-European languages. The detailed chapters devoted to the individual languages go far beyond standard handbook knowledge. Each chapter is structured the same way to facilitate cross-reference and (typological) comparison. The data are presented in a top-down fashion and in a format easily accessible to the linguistic community.The topics covered are similatives, equatives, comparatives, superlatives, elatives, and excessives. Each type of comparison is illustrated with glossed examples of all its attested grammatical realizations.The book is an indispensable tool for typologists, historical linguists, and students of the syntax and morphosyntax of comparison. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110641325 9783110750720 9783110750706 9783110749434 9783110754001 9783110753776 9783110754117 9783110753882 |
ISSN: | 2511-7742 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110641325 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Wolfgang Hock, Götz Keydana, Paul Widmer. |