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Harris, Alice C.,

Diachronic Syntax: The Kartvelian Case / Alice C. Harris. - 1 online resource. - Syntax and Semantics; 18 Syntax and Semantics Online, ISBN: 9789004425774 . - Syntax and Semantics; 18. Syntax and Semantics Online, ISBN: 9789004425774. .

Preliminary Material -- The Problem -- Theory and Method -- Synchronic Case Marking -- Reconstruction of Case Morphology -- Series II Predates Series I -- Reconstruction of Series II Case Marking -- An Account of the Development of Series I -- Ablaut -- The Origin of Series Markers -- The Plural Agreement Marker -en -- Case Marking in the Object Demotion Construction -- The Picture That Emerges -- Inversion and the Origins of Series III and IV -- Ergative to Active: The Mechanism of Change in Georgian -- Case Changes Resulting from the Ergative-to-Active Shift -- Concomitants of Change -- Case Alignment: Diachrony and Synchrony -- References -- Index -- Syntax and Semantics.

ISBN: 9789004373143 9789004365087

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004373143 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Kartvelian languages.

LC Class. No.: P1

Dewey Class. No.: 415