Grammaticalization and the rise of configurationality in indo-aryan
Auteur :
Reinöhl, Uta
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198736660
Date de publication :
12 mai 2016
Dimensions :
24,2 x 16,3 x 2,0 cm
Poids :
510 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book examines historical changes in the grammar of the Indo-Aryan languages from the period of their earliest attestations in Vedic Sanskrit (around 1000 BC) to contemporary Hindi, with specific focus on the rise of configurational structure as a by-product of the grammaticalization of postpositions.