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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics Ser |
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Brill's Studies in Historical Linguistics Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Languages and Texts; Some Observations Regarding the Cited Vedic Examples; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Previous Approaches to Reflexivity; 1.1.1 Approaches to Reflexivity in Ancient Indian Works; 1.1.2 Early Western Approaches; 1.1.3 Generative Syntax; 1.1.4 Cognitive Approaches; 1.1.5 Functional Typology; 1.1.6 Construction Grammar and Radical Construction Grammar (CxG); 1.2 Recent Contributions to the Study of Reflexivity in Vedic; Chapter 2 Theoretical Bases and Problematic Issues Regarding Reflexivity |
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2.1 Definition and Scope of Reflexivity2.1.1 Direct and Indirect Reflexivity; 2.1.2 Reflexive Possession; 2.1.3 Logophoricity; 2.2 Polyfunctionality of Markers; 2.3 Reflexivity and Related Domains; 2.3.1 Reflexivity and the Middle Domain; 2.3.2 Reflexivity and Transitivity; 2.3.3 Reflexivity and Causativity; 2.4 Theoretical Framework and Methodology; Chapter 3 The Vedic Language and Its Texts; 3.1 Vedic Texts and Language Stages; 3.1.1 The R̥gveda; 3.1.2 The Atharvaveda; 3.2 General Characteristics of the Vedic Language; 3.3 The Vedic Voice System; Chapter 4 Middle Voice; 4.1 Introduction |
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4.2 Middle Verb Forms4.2.1 Verbs of Combining and Attaching; 4.2.2 Verbs of Putting; 4.2.3 Verbs of Engendering; 4.2.4 Verbs of Sacrifice; 4.2.5 Verbs of Harm; 4.2.6 Verbs of Appearance and Disappearance; 4.2.7 Verbs of Grooming; 4.2.8 Verbs of Mental Representation; 4.2.9 Verbs of Change of State; 4.2.10 Verbs of Communication; 4.2.11 Verbs of Perception; 4.2.12 Verbs of Emotion; 4.2.13 Verbs of Motion; 4.3 Interim Conclusions; Chapter 5 SVÁ- and SVAYÁM; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Meanings and Etymology of svá- and svayám; 5.3 Evidence for svá-; 5.4 Evidence for svayám; 5.5 Interim Conclusions |
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Chapter 6 TANŪ -6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Meanings and Etymology; 6.3 Data; 6.3.1 "Body"; 6.3.2 "Person"; 6.3.3 "Shape"; 6.3.4 Intensifier; 6.3.5 Reflexive; 6.4 Reflexive tanū́- According to Semantic Verb Classes; 6.4.1 Verbs of Putting; 6.4.2 Verbs of Engendering; 6.4.3 Verbs of Sacrifice; 6.4.4 Verbs of Harm; 6.4.5 Verbs of Appearance and Disappearance; 6.4.6 Verbs of Grooming; 6.4.7 Verbs of Change of State; 6.4.8 Verbs of Communication; 6.4.9 Verbs of Emotion; 6.4.10 Verbs of Motion; 6.4.11 Verbs of Combining and Attaching |
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6.5 Diachronic Development of tanū́- as a Nominal Reflexive from a Cross-linguistic Perspective6.6 Interim Conclusions; Chapter 7 ĀTMÁN- and TMÁN-; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Meanings and Etymology of ātmán- and tmán-; 7.3 Evidence for ātmán-; 7.3.1 R̥gveda; 7.3.2 Atharvaveda; 7.4 Evidence for tmán-; 7.5 Reflexive ātmán- in the AV; 7.6 Diachronic Development of ātmán- as a Nominal Reflexive from a Cross-linguistic Perspective; 7.7 Interim Conclusions; Chapter 8 Final Observations; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Synthesis of Possible Reflexive Strategies; 8.2.1 Middle Voice; 8.2.2 Tanū -; 8.2.3 Svá- |
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8.2.4 Svayám |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Vedic language -- Reflexives
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004362390 |
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9004362398 |
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