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Analysis to Synthesis introduces the process of Compound Verb Contraction to analyze the genesis of synthetic verb forms in the Dravidian languages. Contraction provides an explanation for their development from analytic forms by creating a paradigm of historical evolution that utilizes the formal and functional attributes of both the earlier and later forms. Triggered by a variety of different factors, Contraction guides the evolution of complex verb forms by using markedness relations to correlate their morphological, syntactic, and lexical dimensions. An original work in comparative Dravidian linguistics, Analysis to Synthesis provides etymologies for fifteen conjugations which have hitherto resisted explanation. All fifteen show the same general development, allowing us to extract a common historical pattern and clarify the reconstruction of Proto-Dravidian typology. Thanks to Contraction, the verb morphology and syntax of the protolanguage, as well as its lexical structure, are shown to exhibit a relatively analytic structure. Because it correlates general dimensions of linguistic structure, Contraction may readily be applied to languages beyond the Dravidian family. Detailed and closely argued, this study provides a model for the analysis of similar forms in other languages and language families.

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Title Analysis to Synthesis: The Development of Complex Verb Morphology in the Dravidian Languages
Author Sanford B. Steever
Binding Hardback
Edition First Edition
Pages 272
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
Publication date 1993
ISBN 9780195064469 / 0195064461
Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
Dimensions 9.56 x 6.38 x 1.04 in (24.28 x 16.21 x 2.64 cm)
Category Science
Library of Congress subjects Dravidian languages - Verb, Dravidian languages - Morphology
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 92039431
Dewey Decimal Code 494.8

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xix, 251 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Conventions -- 1. The Dravidian Languages -- 2. The Genesis of Object-Verb Agreement in Kui -- 3. The Evolution of the Present Perfect in Pengo -- 4. The Origins of the Past Negative in Konda -- 5. The Rise of the Plural Action Verb -- 6. The Etymology of the Present Tense in Tamil -- 7. Conclusion. Subject; Dravidian languages Verb. Dravidian languages Morphology. Dravidian languages Syntax.

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