The Tocharian gender system : a diachronic study in nominal morphology /

"This book investigates archaisms and innovations in Tocharian nominal morphology: it provides a comprehensive treatment of the morphology of Tocharian grammatical gender, describing how it historically derived from the Indo-European proto-language and why it typologically deviates from most of...

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Main Author: Del Tomba, Alessandro, 1991- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Series:Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics ; v. 25.
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Summary:"This book investigates archaisms and innovations in Tocharian nominal morphology: it provides a comprehensive treatment of the morphology of Tocharian grammatical gender, describing how it historically derived from the Indo-European proto-language and why it typologically deviates from most of the other Indo-European languages. The approach is both synchronic and diachronic, with a heavier focus on diachrony. The volume features a thorough study of a large number of nominal classes and pronominal forms, which are analysed from a derivational and an inflectional point of view in order to clarify their origin and development from the perspective of Indo-European comparative reconstruction. With its wide coverage of intricate phonological and morphological patterns, The Tocharian Gender System is an important contribution to the study of Tocharian nominal morphology as a whole"--
Item Description:Originally presented as author's thesis (doctoral)--Leiden University, 2020.
Physical Description:xx, 435 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004532885
9004532889
ISSN:1875-6328 ;