Finite mathematics

Science & Math

Peterson, John M

Mathematics

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Basic concepts of elementary mathematics

Prindle,Weber & Schmidt

Intermediate algebra

Basic concepts of elementary mathematics (The Prindle, Weber & Schmidt series in mathematics education)

<p>Basic Concepts of Elementary Mathematics [Dec 01, 1978] Peterson, John M.</p>

This book is a detailed study of the grammatical relations of Pali, a Middle Indo-Aryan language which is also the canonical language of the therava-da-Buddhists of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. On the basis of this data, the author takes a new look at the concept of 'subject' in Pali, as well as the emergence of ergativity in Indo-Aryan. The book includes a summary of much of the previous literature on the syntax of Old and Middle Indo-Aryan, as well as that of a number of works dealing with the origin of ergativity in Indo-Aryan and the concept of 'subject' in general. Following this is a detailed look at the treatment of various grammatical operations in the major verbal constructions of Pali - i.e., the finite categories, the periphrastic perfect and the gerundival construction. These include coordination and subordination, the control of reflexivization and pronominalization, as well as a description of the coding properties and the dispensability of the various arguments in each construction. Unlike most previous studies, the author comes to the conclusion that the present-day ergative constructions of most Indo-Aryan languages do not result from an earlier passive construction. Instead, he proposes a model for the periphrastic perfect which in many ways resembles that of the more familiar development of the perfect in west European languages.

Grammatical relations in Pāli and the emergence of ergativity in Indo-Aryan (LINCOM studies in Indo-Europan [sic] linguistics)

Lincom Europa

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