Infinitive im R̥gveda
Subtitle: formen, funktion, diachronie
By: von Götz Keydana
Series: Brill's studies in Indo-European languages & linguistics -- 9
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2013
Place of publication: LEIDEN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9789004246140; 9789004246157
Subjects: Vedic language; Grammar; Syntax; Etymology
Description: This book is an in-depth study of infinitives in Early Vedic, the language of the Rgveda. Infinitives in Vedic have been studied from various perspectives. This book, however, is the first to give a detailed account of the full range of the attested morphological, syntactic, and semantic types. Based on insights from formal semantics and syntactic theory, the author gives explicit analyses for each type, paying special attention to the grammatical functions involved and to the control relations which govern the reference of subjects in infinitive phrases. On a more general level, the book provides a framework for historical syntax and heuristics for studying syntactic categories in ancient languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.