Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit : the syntax and semantics of adjectival verb forms / John J. Lowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, John J. (John Jeffrey), 1982- author.

Series:

Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 17. (NL-LeOCL)369431642.

Oxford studies in diachronic and historical linguistics ; 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vedic language--Semantics, Historical.

Vedic language.

Vedic language--Syntax.

Semantics, Historical.

Physical Description:

xiv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition, impression 1.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Rigvedic Sanskrit 1

1.2 Participles 3

1.3 Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit 6

1.4 Conclusion 12

2 The Rigvedic Sanskrit language 13

2.1 Phonology 13

2.2 Nominal morphology 14

2.3 Verbal morphology 17

2.3.1 The finite system 17

2.3.2 The non-finite system 19

2.3.3 Participial suffixes 22

2.3.4 The tense-aspect stems 25

2.3.5 Tense-aspect in the verbal system 33

2.4 Clausal syntax 37

2.4.1 Constituent order 37

2.4.2 Phrasal categories 44

2.5 Conclusion 46

3 Lexical-Functional Grammar 47

3.1 Constituent and functional structure 48

3.2 Semantic structure 58

3.2.1 Glue semantics 58

3.2.2 Event semantics 62

3.3 Wider architecture 70

3.3.1 Information structure 71

3.3.2 The string and prosodic structure 74

3.4 The lexicon and morphology 77

3.5 Conclusion 83

4 The syntax of participles 84

4.1 Introduction 84

4.2 Adnominal participles 87

4.3 Converbal participles 94

4.4 Absolute participles 100

4.5 Complementary participles 109

4.5.1 Completive participles 109

4.5.2 Periphrasis 116

4.6 'Independent' participles 121

4.7 The participial VP 127

4.7.1 Preverbs and tmesis 130

4.8 Subcategorization 134

4.8.1 Subcategorization in the finite system 136

4.8.2 Participial subcategorization: syntactically constrained argument omission 141

4.8.3 Poetic ellipsis 144

4.8.4 Subcategorization as a verbal feature 146

4.9 Conclusion 150

5 The semantics of participles 153

5.1 Adnominal modification 154

5.2 Converbal modification 161

5.3 Contextual functionality of converbal participles 166

5.3.1 Purpose 169

5.3.2 Cause 172

5.3.3 Means 174

5.3.4 Equivalence 176

5.3.5 Result 177

5.3.6 Concession 178

5.3.7 Manner and attendant circumstance 180

5.3.8 Chaining 183

5.3.9 Contingency 187

5.3.10 Relations between relations 190

5.3.11 Contextual functionality and word order 193

5.4 Other syntactic uses 196

5.5 Tense-aspect in the participial system 197

5.5.1 Present participles 199

5.5.2 Stative participles 202

5.5.3 Aorist participles 204

5.5.4 Perfect participles 213

5.5.5 Future participles 217

5.5.6 Analysis 222

5.6 Conclusion 224

6 The category of participles 226

6.1 Overview 226

6.1.1 Frequency and distribution 226

6.1.2 Core participial properties 228

6.2 Stative and aorist participles 230

6.2.1 Stative participles 231

6.2.2 Aorist participles 240

6.3 Productivity 248

6.4 Nonce-formations 249

6.4.1 Non-participial nonce-formations 250

6.4.2 Participial nonce-formations 252

6.4.3 Conclusion 256

6.5 Gaps in the participial system 256

6.6 Lexicalized participles 257

6.6.1 Morphologically irregular formations 258

6.6.2 Morphologically regular present participles 259

6.6.3 Morphologically regular non-present participles 265

6.6.4 Conclusion 268

6.7 Participles in compounding 269

6.7.1 Participles as second element 269

6.7.2 Participles as first element 270

6.8 Participial derivatives 273

6.8.1 Unproductive derivatives 273

6.8.2 Productive derivatives (lexicalized stems) 275

6.8.3 Negative derivatives 276

6.9 Adverbs 281

6.10 Caland adjectives 283

6.11 Conclusion 294

7 Conclusion 295

7.1 The category of tense-aspect stem participles 295

7.1.1 Coherence of the category 295

7.1.2 The tense-aspect stem 297

7.1.3 The participial tense-aspect stem 298

7.1.4 Participles within the verbal and nominal systems 300

7.1.5 Participles within the wider grammar 302

7.2 Participles in Proto-Indo-European 305

7.2.1 Clausal syntax 305

7.2.2 Morphosyntactic alignment 307

7.2.3 Ablaut and origins 311

7.3 Participles in a typological perspective 316

7.4 Conclusion 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780198701361

0198701365

OCLC:

910614342