Transitive Nouns and Adjectives - Evidence From Early Indo-Aryan

This book explores the wealth of evidence from early Indo-Aryan for the existence of transitive nouns and adjectives, a rare linguistic phenomenon. The data is set in the wider historical context, from Proto-Indo-European to Modern Indo-Aryan, and analysed from diachronic, typological, and theoretical perspectives.

List of contents

• Series preface


• Acknowledgements


• List of abbreviations


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Rigvedic Sanskrit


• 3: Vedic Prose


• 4: Epic Sanskrit


• 5: P¿li


• 6: Diachrony


• 7: Typological and theoretical implications


• Appendix: Data lists


• References


• Index

About the author

John Lowe is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology, and Phonetics at the University of Oxford. He has worked widely in the areas of Sanskrit and Indo-Iranian syntax, and formal syntax more widely. His first monograph, Participles in Rigvedic Sanskrit, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. He has published papers in a range of linguistic and philological journals, including Language, Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Journal of Linguistics, Transactions of the Philological Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, and Indo-Iranian Journal.

Summary

This book explores the wealth of evidence from early Indo-Aryan for the existence of transitive nouns and adjectives, a rare linguistic phenomenon. The data is set in the wider historical context, from Proto-Indo-European to Modern Indo-Aryan, and analysed from diachronic, typological, and theoretical perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: John J. Lowe, John J. (Postdoctoral Researcher Lowe, Lowe John J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2017
• EAN: 9780198793571
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879357-1
• No. of pages: 412
• Series: Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics; Oxford Studies in Diachronic a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; HISTORY / Ancient / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Ancient History, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics, Indo-Iranian Languages