Diachrony of Verb Morphology: Japanese and the Transeurasian Languages

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De Gruyter, Jul 24, 2015 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 568 pages

This book deals with shared verb morphology in Japanese and other languages that have been identified as Transeurasian (traditionally: “Altaic”) in previous research. It analyzes shared etymologies and reconstructed grammaticalizations with the goal to provide evidence for the genealogical relatedness of these languages.

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Martine Robbeets, Leiden University, The Netherlands.

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