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The past tenses of the Mongolian verb : meaning and use / by Robert I. Binnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Binnick, Robert I.
- Series:
- Empirical Approaches to Linguistic Theory 1.
- Empirical approaches to linguistic theory ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mongolian language--Verb.
- Mongolian language.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Tense.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the Modern Mongolian language there are four verb forms which have traditionally been labelled as past tense markers, differing primarily in aspect. In the last two decades scholars have suspected that the past tenses endings may actually differ by marking evidentiality and inferentiality. The present study not only confirms this, but, using 350 glossed and analyzed examples drawn from a variety of sources, shows distinctions of degrees of remoteness as well, and details significant differences between the spoken and written languages.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- I. The Problem of the Mongolian Past Tenses
- II. Use and Interpretation of the Past Tenses in the Spoken Language
- III. Use and Interpretation of the Past Tenses in the Written Language
- IV. The Discourse Functions of the Tenses
- Remarks in Lieu of a Conclusion
- Appendix
- List of Works Cited
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613356741
- 9781283356749
- 1283356740
- 9789004216143
- 9004216146
- OCLC:
- 777548541
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004216143 DOI
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