Suppletion in Verb Paradigms: Bits and Pieces of the Puzzle

by Ljuba Veselinova

This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, as in English go 'go.PRESENT' vs. went 'go.PAST', a phenomenon referred to as suppletion in current linguistic theory. The work is based on a broad sample of 193 languages, and examines this long neglected phenomenon from a typological perspective. In addition to identifying types of suppletion which occur cross-linguistically, the study brings to light areal patterns of the occurrence of suppletive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027229791
• ISBN13: 9789027229793
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 236 Pages