TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swenson,Amanda
TI  - Malayalam Verbs: Functional Structure and Morphosemantics 
T2  - Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ,
SN  - 9781501516917
AV  - PL4713 .S816 2019
U1  - 494.8/12 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - Malayalam language
KW  - Verb
KW  - Dravidian
KW  - Malayalam
KW  - Perfekt
KW  - Tempus
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Tense
KW  - Aspect
KW  - Dravidian 
KW  - Perfect
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Puzzle of Tense in Malayalam: A Cross-linguistic Perspective --; 3. Tense in Malayalam: Debunking Potential Arguments from Non-finite Forms --; 4. Viewpoint Aspect in Malayalam --; 5. Cross-linguistic variation in the perfect --; 6 .The Syntax and Semantics of Copulas in Malayalam --; 7. Conclusion --; References --; Author index --; Language index --; Subject index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense Phrase and tense morphology, i.e. is ‘tenseless’. However, this book shows that Malayalam behaves differently from other tenseless languages and that it does have tense morphology. It also provides evidence that there is a Tense Phrase in the syntax. In addition, it examines what have been called the two 'imperfectives' and argues that one is a type of progressive, while the other is a pluractional marker and shows that Malayalam lacks perfect morphology and a Perfect Phrase in, minimally, Universal perfects. With respect to finiteness, among other things, it argues that Conjunctive Participles are best analyzed as a type of absolutive adjunct and that -athu ‘gerunds’ involve nominalization above the Tense Phrase-level. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in cross-linguistic variation in Tense-Aspect-Modality and/or the morphosyntax or morphosemantics of Dravidian languages
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501510144
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501510144
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501510144/original
ER  -