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Modern Georgian Morphosyntax
Cherchi Marcello.
Wiesbaden: Harassowitz Verlag, 1997. — 350 pages. — ISBN: 3-447-03946-9This study aims to delimit a particular class (" Class D") of verbs in modern Georgian, to examine the characteristics of the members of that class in relation to verbs from other classes, to "locate" thereby the class within the system as a whole, and finally to draw conclusions regarding the typology of the language.Chapter 1 discusses the varying degrees of correlation between form and grammatical categories, the notion of the delicacy of an analysis, the necessity of examining the linguistic system as a whole in order to draw typological conclusions, and ends with an exposition of some of the difficulties of verbal classification and grammatical categories posed by Georgian.Chapter 2 reviews previous analyses of the Georgian verbal system and notes the non-isomorphism of these classifications. It is argued that a form-based, covert definition of class is required, and such a definition is presented for Class D.Chapter 3 examines the properties of the members of Class D (e.g. morphology, case government, aspect, negation, animacy, imperatives, agentivity, various semantic groups) and the relations between this class and other classes. It also argues for the existence of two sub-classes within Class D.Chapter 4 begins by criticizing certain analyses for insufficient hierarchization, and argues that a proper grammatical analysis must crucially rely on true hierarchies. Hierarchies appropriate for an analysis of Georgian are suggested.Chapter 5 "anchors" formal phenomena into the hierarchies examined in the previous chapter. It is suggested that one may usefully view case marking and crossreferencing verbal morphology as separate though correlated systems. It is argued that Class D verbs cannot usefully be regarded as "inverted" with regard to anything, and that Georgian does not display an antipassive construction.Chapter 6 summarizes these results, examines certain types of exceptions, returns to the notion of the delicacy of analysis, and suggests two areas for further research.
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3447039469
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9783447039468
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