Suppletion in Verb Paradigms: Bits and Pieces of the Puzzle
(Book #67 in the Typological Studies in Language Series)
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This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, as in English go 'go.PRESENT' vs. went 'go.PAST', a phenomenon referred to as suppletion in current linguistic theory. The work is based on a broad sample of 193 languages, and examines this long neglected phenomenon from a typological perspective. In addition to identifying types of suppletion which occur cross-linguistically, the study brings to light areal patterns of the occurrence of suppletive...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:9027229791
ISBN13:9789027229793
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Length:236 Pages
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