30.4223, Books: The Mehweb language: Daniel, Dobrushina, Ganenkov (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 13:50:27
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: The Mehweb language: Daniel, Dobrushina, Ganenkov (eds.)

 


Title: The Mehweb language 
Subtitle: Essays on phonology, morphology and syntax 
Series Title: Languages of the Caucasus  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/225 


Editor: Michael Daniel
Editor: Nina Dobrushina
Editor: Dmitry Ganenkov

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961102082 Pages: 365 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

This book is an investigation into the grammar of Mehweb (Dargwa, East
Caucasian also known as Nakh-Daghestanian) based on several years of team
fieldwork. Mehweb is spoken in one village community in Daghestan, Russia,
with a population of some 800 people. In many ways, Mehweb is a typical East
Caucasian language: it has a rich inventory of consonants; an extensive system
of spatial forms in nouns and converbs and volitional forms in verbs;
pervasive gender-number agreement; and ergative alignment in case marking and
in gender agreement. It is also a typical language of the Dargwa branch, with
symmetrical verb inflection in the imperfective and perfective paradigm and
extensive use of spatial encoding for experiencers. Although Mehweb is clearly
close to the northern varieties of Dargwa, it has been long isolated from the
main body of Dargwa varieties by speakers of Avar and Lak. As a result of both
independent internal evolution and contact with its neighbours, Mehweb
developed some deviant properties, including accusatively aligned egophoric
agreement, a split in the feminine class, and the typologically rare
grammatical categories of verificative and apprehensive. But most importantly,
Mehweb is where our friends live.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Phonology
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Dargwa (dar)


Written In: English  (eng)

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