The Munda Verb: Typological Perspectives (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs 174) (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)

__The Munda Verb__ is a unique book on the typology of the verb in the Munda language family, and the first of its kind on any language family of the Indian subcontinent. The author painstakingly works out nearly all the details of the morphology of the verb in each modern Munda language and offers a description of the typology of the Munda verbal systems both individually and collectively. The author uses a large amount of data from modern Munda languages, as well as an extensive cross-linguistic corpus offering comparisons from genetically unrelated languages such as Fox, Amele, Kinyarwanda, Luyia, Takelma, Tonkawa, Burushaski, or Tangut where relevant. Points of note include the unusual incorporation system of South Munda Sora and the elaborate and complex system of verb agreement attested in the Kherwarian Munda languages. Further, the author discusses models for a Proto-Munda verbal system and problems in its reconstruction at various points throughout. This book is of great interest to specialists working on the Munda languages, South Asian linguistics, language typology, historical linguistics and to scholars of both morphology as well as syntax. Foreword 7 List of abbreviations 14 Chapter 1: The Munda language family 17 1. Overview 17 1.1 Classification of the Munda language family 17 1.2 Sociolinguistic data 20 1.3 A brief history of the study of the Munda language 24 1.4 Overview of the phonology, nominal morphology, and syntax of Munda 26 Chapter 2: Voice and version in the Munda verb 45 2. Introduction 45 2.1 Causative 45 2.2 Reciprocal 53 2.3 Reflexive and passive 56 2.4 Benefactive/applicative 64 2.5 Version 71 2.6 Summary 78 Chapter 3: Referent indexing in the Munda verb 80 3. Introduction 80 3.1 Subject marking in Munda 80 3.2 Object marking in the Munda verb 99 3.3 Possessor raising 108 3.4 Multiple referent marking in Munda 113 3.5 Summary 115 Chapter 4: Tense, aspect, mood and transitivity 117 4. Tense, aspect, mood and transitivity 117 4.1 Tense/aspect/mood marking in South Munda languages 117 4.2 Tense/aspect/mood marking in North Munda languages 128 4.3 Mood 151 4.4 On non-finite formations in Munda 157 4.5 Summary 159 Chapter 5: Negation 161 5. Overview 161 5.1 The category negative [NEG] in South Munda 161 5.2 Negative in North Munda 177 5.3 Summary 179 Chapter 6: Noun incorporation 181 6. Introduction 181 6.1 On the theoretical background of noun incorporation 183 6.2 Munda noun incorporation 190 6.3 Noun incorporation in other South Munda languages 212 6.4 North Munda 217 6.5 Munda, Khasi, and Nicobarese: parallels in noun incorporation 220 6.6 Summary 226 Chapter 7: Switch reference 228 7. Introduction 229 7.1 Switch reference in Gutob, Remo, and Gta? 230 7.2 Switch reference in other Munda languages 237 7.3 Summary 242 Chapter 8: Auxiliary verb constructions and other complex predicate types 244 8. Introduction 244 8.1 Functional types of auxiliary verb constructions 245 8.2 Univerbation or fused AVCs in Munda 255 8.3 Inflectional types in auxiliary verb constructions 266 8.4 Serial verb formations and ECHO forms in Munda languages 280 8.5 Summary 284 References 285 Index 306

The Munda Verb is a unique book on the typology of the verb in the Munda language family, and the first of its kind on any language family of the Indian subcontinent. The author painstakingly works out nearly all the details of the morphology of the verb in each modern Munda language and offers a description of the typology of the Munda verbal systems both individually and collectively.

The author uses a large amount of data from modern Munda languages, as well as an extensive cross-linguistic corpus offering comparisons from genetically unrelated languages such as Fox, Amele, Kinyarwanda, Luyia, Takelma, Tonkawa, Burushaski, or Tangut where relevant. Points of note include the unusual incorporation system of South Munda Sora and the elaborate and complex system of verb agreement attested in the Kherwarian Munda languages. Further, the author discusses models for a Proto-Munda verbal system and problems in its reconstruction at various points throughout.

This book is of great interest to specialists working on the Munda languages, South Asian linguistics, language typology, historical linguistics and to scholars of both morphology as well as syntax.

Ch. 1. The Munda Language Family -- Ch. 2. Voice And Version In The Munda Verb -- Ch. 3. Referent Indexing In The Munda Verb -- Ch. 4. Tense, Aspects, Mood And Transitivity -- Ch. 5. Negation -- Ch. 6. Noun Incorporation -- Ch. 7. Switch Reference -- Ch. 8. Auxiliary Verb Constructions And Other Complex Predicate Types. By Gregory D.s. Anderson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [269]-289) And Index. This book - the first of its kind on any language family of the Indian subcontinent - treats the typology of the verb in the Munda language family. It presents details of the verb morphology in each Munda language, including systems of agreement, tense/aspect/mood categories, noun incorporation, auxiliary verbs, negation, and transitivity. An exhaustive cross-linguistic corpus is used for comparison