The Mehweb Language - Brossura

Ganenkov, Dmitry; Dobrushina, Nina; Daniel, Michael

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1013294505 ISBN 13: 9781013294501

Casa editrice: Saint Philip Street Press, 2020

Riassunto

This book is an investigation into the grammar of Mehweb (Dargwa, East Caucasian also known as Nakh-Daghestanian) based on several years of team fieldwork. Mehweb is spoken in one village community in Daghestan, Russia, with a population of some 800 people, In many ways, Mehweb is a typical East Caucasian language: it has a rich inventory of consonants; an extensive system of spatial forms in nouns and converbs and volitional forms in verbs; pervasive gender-number agreement; and ergative alignment in case marking and in gender agreement. It is also a typical language of the Dargwa branch, with symmetrical verb inflection in the imperfective and perfective paradigm and extensive use of spatial encoding for experiencers. Although Mehweb is clearly close to the northern varieties of Dargwa, it has been long isolated from the main body of Dargwa varieties by speakers of Avar and Lak.

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Saint Philip Street Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1013294505
• ISBN 13: 9781013294501
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 362
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile