Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond: 352 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)

Crellin, Robert (Editor) / Jügel, Thomas (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9027207372 / ISBN 13: 9789027207371

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Perfects in Indo-European Languages and Beyond: 352 (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory)
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027207372
• ISBN 13: 9789027207371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.38 kilograms

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Synopsis

This volume provides a detailed investigation of perfects from all the branches of the Indo-European language family, in some cases representing the first ever comprehensive description. Thorough philological examinations result in empirically well-founded analyses illustrated with over 940 examples. The unique temporal depth and diatopic breadth of attested Indo-European languages permits the investigation of both TAME (Tense-Aspect-Mood-Evidentiality) systems over time and recurring cycles of change, as well as synchronic patterns of areal distribution and contact phenomena. These possibilities are fully exploited in the volume. Furthermore, the cross-linguistic perspective adopted by many authors, as well as the inclusion of contributions which go beyond the boundaries of the Indo-European family per se, facilitates typological comparison. As such, the volume is intended to serve as a springboard for future research both into the semantics of the perfect in Indo-European itself, and verb systems across the world’s languages.