Time, tense and aspect in early Vedic grammar :: exploring inflectional semantics in the Rigveda /

This book takes a fresh look at the relationship between aspect, tense and mood in Early Vedic, the language of the Rigveda. Although numerous studies have examined the functional range of individual verbal categories in this language, this work is the first attempt to approach this problem from an...

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1. Verfasser: Dahl, Eystein
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Schriftenreihe:Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics ; v. 5.
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Zusammenfassung:This book takes a fresh look at the relationship between aspect, tense and mood in Early Vedic, the language of the Rigveda. Although numerous studies have examined the functional range of individual verbal categories in this language, this work is the first attempt to approach this problem from an overall, systemic perspective. With insights from formal semantics and linguistic typology, the author demonstrates that aspect represents a grammatically relevant semantic dimension on a par with tense in the Early Vedic verbal system, which indicates that the language has preserved an aspectual op.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xviii, 475 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9789047440505
9047440501
1283119420
9781283119429
9786613119421
6613119423

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