The Verb 'be' And Its Synonyms: Philosophical And Grammatical Studies (3) Japanese/kashmiri/armenian/hungarian/sumerian/shona (foundations Of Language Supplementary Series)

The present volume is the third of a series of studies analysing the verb 'to be' and/or synonyms in a number of languages. It is expected that these studies will provide some of the necessary foundational material for research in logic, the theory of knowledge, and ontology; and possibly in other philosophical disciplines. The concluding volume of the series will attempt to assess the linguistic and philosophical impact of all the contributions. There is no definite principle of arrangement of the contributions, which are published in the order in which they reached the editor's desk. JOHN W. M. VERHAAR T ABLE OF CONTENTS JAPANESE 'BE', BY SEIlCHI MAKINO 0. 0. Introduction 1 2 1. 0. 'To Be' of Existence 2. 0. 'To Be' of Copula 13 Bibliography 18 SOME NOTES ON THE COPULATIVE SENTENCES IN KASHMIRI, BY BRAJ B. KACHRU 20 O. Introduction 20 1. The Kashmiri Sentence 20 2. Agreement 23 3. The Verb Phrase 25 27 4. The Verb 'To Be' 5. Some Semantic Areas of the Copula 29 6. Complementless Copula and Deletion 32 7. Adjectivalization, Adverbialization and Copula 33 8. The Possessive Constructions and Copula 34 9. Nominal Complementation of Copula Sentences 36 10. Negation, Question and Copula 38 11. Participal Forms -vun and vm' 39 12. Summary and Conclusion 40 Selected Bibliography 41 ON VERBS OF BEING IN CLASSICAL ARMENIAN, BY M. Content: Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Japanse ‘be’....Pages 1-19 Some Notes on the Copulative Sentences in Kashmiri....Pages 20-43 On Verbs of Being in Classical Armenian....Pages 44-52 A Transformational Approach to the Verb van ‘to be’ in Hungarian....Pages 53-85 The Syntax of the Copula in Sumerian....Pages 86-109 Predication of ‘Being’ in Shona....Pages 110-125