The Vedic -ya-presents : : passives and intransitivity in Old Indo-Aryan / / Leonid Kulikov.

• Superior document: Leiden studies in Indo-European ; 19
• Author: Kulikov, L. I.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam ;, New York : : Rodopi,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Leiden Studies in Indo-European 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1015 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 801-922) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9401207976
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Leonid Kulikov.

This book is the first comprehensive study of the Vedic present formations with the suffix ya (‘ ya -presents’ for short), including both present passives with the accented suffix yá and non-passive - ya -presents with the accent on the root (class IV in the Indian tradition). It offers a complete survey of all ya -presents attested in the Vedic corpus. The main issue in the spotlight of this monograph is the relationship between form (accent placement, diathesis) and function (passive/non-passive) in the system of the - ya -presents – one of the most solidly attested present classes in Sanskrit. One of the aims of the present study is to corroborate the systematic correlation between accent placement and the passive/non-passive distinction: passives bear the accent on the suffix, while non-passives have the accent on the root. The book also focuses on the position of the passive within the system of voices and valency-changing categories in Old Indo-Aryan.