The Gothic resultative : : non-agentive verbs and perfect expression in early Germanic / / R. Moses Katz.
Gothic is unique among Germanic languages in regards to the ways it expresses non-agentive actions. It both retains a formal passive and has two periphrastic passives. In addition it presents an intransitive verb class with generally inchoative meaning. R. Moses Katz examines the semantics of these...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics ; Volume 22 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics ;
Volume 22. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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| Summary: | Gothic is unique among Germanic languages in regards to the ways it expresses non-agentive actions. It both retains a formal passive and has two periphrastic passives. In addition it presents an intransitive verb class with generally inchoative meaning. R. Moses Katz examines the semantics of these categories and shows how they provide a robust non-agentive paradigm in Gothic, including a functional, result-state perfect in the passive. In two parts, he examines first the inchoative verb and then the periphrastic passive. He proposes that the development of both types is underpinned by a single argument structure based on the resultative, a coordinated event type that links a transition with a resulting state. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004448136 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | R. Moses Katz. |