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S-Stem Nouns and Adjectives in Greek and Proto-Indo-European
Torsten Meissner
其他書名
A Diachronic Study in Word Formation
出版OUP Oxford, 2006-04-06
主題Literary Criticism / Ancient & ClassicalLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & ComparativeLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax
ISBN01915355919780191535598
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KhFREAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book deals with one aspect of Greek and Proto-Indo-European nominal morphology, the formation, inflection and semantics of s-stem nouns and adjectives. It uncovers the mechanisms of their creation and shows their limitation. The established view that the nouns are an unproductive category is challenged; at the same time, the expanding and partly changing nature of the basis governing the creation of the adjectives is explained. Morphology and semantics are studied in tandem, and a large chronological span of the Greek language is covered. The historical side is then extended into prehistory, and in particular the Greek evidence is tested against recent theories on Proto-Indo-European ablaut, leading to a reassessment of the morphonological characteristics in question.