On the Lengthening of Verbal Bases in Indo-European in an Afroasiatic Perspective

BLAŽEK, Václav. On the Lengthening of Verbal Bases in Indo-European in an Afroasiatic Perspective. Journal of Indo-European Studies. Washington: Institute for the Study of Man, 2015, vol. 43, 1-2, p. 243-251. ISSN 0092-2323.

Basic information

• Original name: On the Lengthening of Verbal Bases in Indo-European in an Afroasiatic Perspective
• Authors: BLAŽEK, Václav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Journal of Indo-European Studies, Washington, Institute for the Study of Man, 2015, 0092-2323.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 60200 6.2 Languages and Literature
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/15:00080906
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• UT WoS: 000370764900009
• Keywords in English: vocalic quantity; grammatical function; verbal morphology; Indo-European; Afroasiatic
• Tags: rivok

Abstract

In reconstructed verbal morphology of the Indo-European protolanguage the vocalic quantity played a grammatical role. This feature is relatively unique in language families of Northwest Eurasia. It is missing even in the Kartvelian protolanguage, where the qualitative ablaut analogous to the Indo-European ‘Schwebeablaut’ is reconstructible (Gamkrelidze 1967; Antilla 1969, 177-78). Practically the only exception among neighbouring language (macro)families is Afroasiatic. The contribution is concentrated on comparison of parallel verbal formations with vocalic quantity in both Indo-European and Afroasiatic.

Links

• GAP406/12/0655, research and development project: Name: Jazykové interference Indoevropanů v Centrální Asii a Číně

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Indo-European Linguistic Interference in Central Asia and China