Aspect and meaning in Slavic and Indic
Grammar, Comparative and general Indo-Aryan languages, Modern Slavic languages FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Slavic Languages (Other) Aspekt
John Benjamins Publishing Company
1988
EISBN 9789027278555
ASPECT AND MEANING IN SLAVIC AND INDIC; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Foreword Aspect and language: The Wittgensteinian Turn; Figures and tables; Transcription, glosses, sources of examples; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction The magic of aspect; 1. Aspect and its literature; General and typological studies; Slavic; Indic; NOTES; 2. Aspects and meanings: Slavic; On language as an open-ended system; Aspect in relation to form, meaning, logic and style; Towards defining aspect; Sweet's definition; On aspect as a concept
Three features set this book apart from other recent publications on aspect. First, it looks closely at the language family, Slavic, that has been the main source of assumptions and data about aspect. Second, it looks upon the object of linguistic study, natural language, from an angle shared by thinkers on language whose prominence is still outside linguistics: Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida. Third, the exploratory and contrastive account of aspect in Indic, chiefly in Bengali, which will no doubt evoke reactions from experts in these languages.
Three features set this book apart from other recent publications on aspect. First, it looks closely at the language family, Slavic, that has been the main source of assumptions and data about aspect. Second, it looks upon the object of linguistic study, natural language, from an angle shared by thinkers on language whose prominence is still outside linguistics: Wittgenstein, Bakhtin, and Derrida. Third, the exploratory and contrastive account of aspect in Indic, chiefly in Bengali, which will no doubt evoke reactions from experts in these languages.
