Affiliation:
1. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2. Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Abstract
This paper in detail addresses and, for the first time in the field, presents linguistic evidence related to the expression of elevational semantics in the Kartvelian languages. The domains of its expression include a wide range of parts of speech, such as adverbs, adjectives, postpositions, and verbs. Provided with a broad synchronic illustrative base, as well as with respective diachronic commentaries, the material under discussion is meant to lay the groundwork for the establishment of a diachronic grammar of elevation in Kartvelian.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences
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