Comparison and Gradation in Indo-European

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2021

Comparison and Gradation in Indo-European

Edited by: Götz Keydana, Wolfgang Hock and Paul Widmer

Volume 1 in the series The Mouton Handbooks of Indo-European Typology [MHIET]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110641325

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About this book

New Handbook series

The ability to compare is fundamental to human cognition. Expressing various types of comparison is thus essential to any language. The present volume presents detailed grammatical descriptions of how comparison and gradation are expressed in ancient Indo-European languages. The detailed chapters devoted to the individual languages go far beyond standard handbook knowledge. Each chapter is structured the same way to facilitate cross-reference and (typological) comparison. The data are presented in a top-down fashion and in a format easily accessible to the linguistic community.
The topics covered are similatives, equatives, comparatives, superlatives, elatives, and excessives. Each type of comparison is illustrated with glossed examples of all its attested grammatical realizations.
The book is an indispensable tool for typologists, historical linguists, and students of the syntax and morphosyntax of comparison.

Author information

Götz Keydana, Georg-August-University Göttingen; Wolfgang Hock, Humboldt-University Berlin; Paul Widmer, University of Zurich.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
1 Comparison and Gradation in Indo- European: Introduction and Overview Götz Keydana, Wolfgang Hock and Paul Widmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Anatolian Maria Molina Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3 Classical Armenian Daniel Kölligan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4 Old Albanian Monica Genesin and Joachim Matzinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5 Ancient Languages of the Balkans Joachim Matzinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6 Baltic Daniel Petit Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7 Old Church Slavonic Katsiaryna Ackermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
8 Brittonic Silva Nurmio and Paul Russell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
9 Continental Celtic Dagmar Wodtko Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
10 Goidelic Aaron Griffith Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
11 Old Nordic Hans-Olav Enger, Steffen Höder and Urd Vindenes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
12 West Germanic Agnes Jäger and George Walkden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
13 Ancient Greek Nina de Kreij Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
14 Old Indo-Aryan Leonid Kulikov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
15 Old Iranian Paolo Milizia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
16 Latin Máté Ittzés Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	477
17 Sabellian Emmanuel Dupraz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	563
18 Tocharian Melanie Malzahn and Hannes A. Fellner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	577
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	591
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	595

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars and Students interested in Linguistics, Indo-European Languages, Language Typology
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 597
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 2
- Tables: 1033
Keywords: Indo-European; Typology; Gradation; Comparison

eBook

Published: June 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110641325

Hardcover

Published: June 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110537666