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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2023]
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| 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"-- |
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| 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 ; |