Grammaticalization and the Rise of Configurationality in Indo-Aryan |
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| Author:
| Reinöhl, Uta |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-873666-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2016 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.