Title S-Stem Nouns and Adjectives in Greek and Proto-Indo-European : a Diachronic Study in Word Formation

Published Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (277 pages) Series Oxford Classical Monographs Oxford classical monographs. Contents Abbreviations, Conventions, and Texts Used; Prologue: The Study of a Suffix; Chapter 1. The History; Chapter 2. The Neuter S-stem Nouns; Chapter 3. The Animate S-stem Nouns; Chapter 4. The S-stem Adjectives; Epilogue: Combining the Threads; References; Index Summary 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 prehistor Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Greek language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Proto-Indo-European language Proto-Indo-European language -- Grammar, Comparative -- Greek Greek language -- Word formation Proto-Indo-European language -- Word formation Greek language -- Noun Proto-Indo-European language -- Noun Greek language -- Adjective Proto-Indo-European language -- Adjective Greek language -- Adjective Greek language -- Noun Greek language -- Word formation Form Electronic book ISBN 9780191535598 0191535591 9780191707100 0191707104 9780199280087 0199280088

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