Verbal Aspect in Old Church Slavonic

A Corpus-Based Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42159-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 45, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

Reihe: Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics

In Verbal Aspect in Old Church Slavonic Jaap Kamphuis demonstrates that the aspect system of Old Church Slavonic can best be described if one divides the verbs into three main categories: perfective, imperfective and anaspectual. This differs from the traditional division into perfective and imperfective verbs only. To support the categorization, the study contains a corpus-based quantitative and qualitative analysis of the available Old Church Slavonic data. This analysis contributes to a better understanding of the development of aspect in Slavic. Kamphuis shows that aspect in Old Church Slavonic functions more like verbal aspect in the Western groups of Slavic languages (e.g. Czech) than verbal aspect in the Eastern group (e.g. Russian).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kamphuis, Jaap

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Illustrations

1 Old Church Slavonic

1.0 Introduction

1.1 The Moravian Mission

1.2 The Ohrid and Preslav Schools

1.3 What Is OCS?

1.4 The OCS Canon

1.5 Database and Parallel Corpus of OCS Gospel Texts

2 Verbal Aspect

2.0 Introduction

2.1 Lexical Aspect

2.2 Grammatical Aspect

2.3 Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek

3 Research Questions and Hypotheses

3.0 Research Questions

3.1 Hypotheses and Further Outline of the Study

4 Various Approaches to Determining Aspect in OCS

4.0 Introduction

4.1 Anaspectual Verbs

4.2 Dostál 1954

4.3 Eckhoff & Janda (2014)

4.4 Amse-de Jong (1974)

4.5 Concluding Remarks

5 Morphological Markers of Aspect

5.0 Introduction

5.1 Morphological Markers of Aspect

5.2 Database of OCS Verbs

5.3 Classification of Verbs on Morphological Grounds

5.4 Concluding Remarks

6 The OCS Verbal Paradigm

6.0 Introduction

6.1 The Paradigm of the OCS Verb

6.2 The Time-Relational Model of Tense

6.3 Present Tense

6.4 Aorist and Imperfect

6.5 Imperative

6.6 Present Participles

6.7 Past Participles

6.8 Infinitive and Supine

6.9 Concluding Remarks

7 Grammatical Profile Analysis

7.0 Introduction

7.1 Core Groups

7.2 Inclusion of the Other Groups in the Analysis

7.3 Concluding Remarks

8 The Functions of Verbal Aspect in OCS

8.0 Introduction

8.1 Present Tense

8.2 Aorist and Imperfect

8.3 Anaspectual Verbs

8.4 Some Complicated Cases in the Perfective Group

8.5 Concluding Remarks

9 Semantic Analysis of Non-core Groups

9.0 Introduction

9.1 Prefixed Verbs without Suffixed Partner

9.2 Leskien's Class~II and Partners

9.3 Prefixed Verbs of Motion

9.4 Unprefixed Verbs of Motion

9.5 Derivational Chains with Extra Derived Verbs

9.6 The Verb byti

9.7 Concluding Remarks

10 The Development of Derivational Aspect: a Case Study

10.0 Introduction

10.1 Characteristics of the Selected Verbs

10.2 Semantic Analysis

10.3 Extra Derived Forms

10.4 Case Study Summary

10.5 Derivational Aspect and the Role of the Imperfect

10.6 Concluding Remarks

11 Conclusion

11.0 Research Questions and Hypotheses

11.1 Methodology

11.2 The Functions of Verbal Aspect in OCS

11.3 Origin and Development of Slavic-Style Aspect

11.4 Further Research

Verb Forms Discussed in Examples

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jaap Kamphuis, Ph.D. (Leiden University, 2016), studied Slavic Languages and Cultures at the University of Amsterdam and at Leiden University. He specializes in verbal aspect in Slavic, with an emphasis on Old Church Slavonic and South Slavic.