Diachronic, typological, and areal aspects of converbs /
"This book deals with the category of converbs, whose denomination refers to a set of structures which cross-linguistically are not comparable. Specifically, we tackle the following topics: (1) converbs and related constructions as areal features, distinguishing between a general coordinating a...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2025]
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| Series: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
v. 388. |
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Table of Contents:
- List of abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Converbs in diachronic, typological and areal perspective
- Part I: Converbs in the context of linguistic families
- 2 Same origin, different outcomes. The use of converbial forms with perception verbs in Italian and in the varieties of Northern Italy
- 3 The origins of the Greek Genitive Absolute: Nominal, participial or both?
- 4 Origin and aspect of the converb in Classical Armenian
- 5 From clause chaining to compound verb
- On morphosyntactic, control and pragmatic properties of Indo-Aryan converbs in a diachronic perspective
- Part II: Converbial constructions and competing construction types
- 6 From masdar to converb and beyond: The gerund from Latin to Old French
- 7 Suffixaufnahme and non-canonical converbs in Georgian
- 8 The accusative absolute and gerundial constructions in Late Latin
- 9 Converbs and participles: The case of Ancient Greek
- 10 A comparative syntax of converbs and related categories in Indo-European
- 11 Syntactic behavior of canonical converbs and quasi-converbs in Uzbek
- Part III: The diachronic typology of converbs and their source constructions
- 12 The life cycle of converbs: A diachronic typology
- 13 The Czech converb confronted with its French and Polish counterparts: Investigation of diachronic factors shaping the properties of converbs
- 14 A comparative study of non-finite verb forms with narrative-chaining function in Hindi and Italian
- 15 A prefixed converbal structure in colloquial Arabic
- Subject index
- Language index