A historical syntax of late Middle Indo-Aryan (Apabhraṃśa) / Vít Bubeník.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bubeník, Vít, 1942-

Series:

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, 165.

Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 165

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apabhraṃśa language--Syntax.

Apabhraṃśa language.

Apabhraṃśa language--Grammar, Historical.

Indo-Aryan languages, Middle--Grammar, Historical.

Indo-Aryan languages, Middle.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph aims to close the gap in our knowledge of the nature and pace of grammatical change during the formative period of today's Indo-Aryan languages. During the 6th-12th c. the gradual erosion of the synthetic morphology of Old Indo-Aryan resulted ultimately in the remodelling of its syntax in the direction of the New Indo-Aryan analytic type. This study concentrates on the emergence and development of the ergative construction in terms of the passive-to-ergative reanalysis and the co-existence of the ergative construction with the old and new analytic passive constructions.

Contents:

pt. 1. Methodology, sociolinguistic background and Apabhraṃśa literary corpus

pt. 2. Grammatical change during the late Middle Indo-Aryan period.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31229-8

9786613312297

90-272-7567-X

OCLC:

759101581