Anatomy of the verb : the Gothic verb as a model for a unified theory of aspect, actional types, and verbal velocity / Albert L. Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lloyd, Albert L., 1930-

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 4.

Studies in language companion series : SLCS, 0165-7763 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Gothic language--Verb.

Gothic language.

Indo-European languages--Verb.

Indo-European languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1979.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The continuing debate over the existence or non-existence of formal verbal aspect in Gothic triggered the author to write this monograph whose aim is to provide a completely new foundation for a theory of aspect and related features. Gothic, with its limited corpus, representing a translation of the Greek, and showing interesting parallels with Slavic verbal constructions, serves and an illustrative model for the theory. In Part I the author argues that a unified theory of aspect, actional types, and verbal velocity presented there possesses an internal logic and is not at variance with observ

Contents:

ANATOMY OF THE VERB The Gothic Verb as a Model for a Unified Theory of Aspect, Actional Types, and Verbal Velocity; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; PART I. THEORY; I. LANGUAGE AND REALITY; II. PREDICATIONAL BIDIMENSIONALITY; III. MULTIPARTITE ACTIONS AND THE PULSE THEORY OF ACTIONAL ENERGY; IV. VERBAL VELOCITIES AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF VERBS; V. PREDICATIONAL TIME AND THE PRESENT; VI. NON-PRESENT ACTIONS AND ASPECT; VII. ASPECTUAL CONTRASTS; VIII. ACTIONAL TYPES AND PARTIAL ACTIONS; IX. MULTIPLE ACTIONS; X. THE PERFECT

XI. ASPECT AND PREDICATIONAL TYPESXII. SUMMARY; PART II. APPLICATION: The Gothic Verb; I. THE USE OF GOTHIC ASPECT: CONDITIONING FACTORS; II. ASPECT AND PREDICATIONAL TYPES IN GOTHIC; III. GOTHIC POINT-ORIENTED COMPOUNDS; AFTERWORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF GOTHIC VERBS; GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613222565

90-272-8320-6

1-283-22256-6

OCLC:

742333648