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V: The Origin of the Optative and the Subjunctive

  • Kenneth Shields
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A History of Indo-European Verb Morphology
This chapter is in the book A History of Indo-European Verb Morphology
© 1992 John Benjamins Publishing Company

© 1992 John Benjamins Publishing Company

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Preface & Acknowledgements vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. I: Introduction 1
  5. II: The Origin of the Singular Person Markers, Tense Markers, and Related Grammatical Categories 23
  6. III: The Origin of the Non-Singular Category 65
  7. IV: The Origin of the Ḫi-Conjugation, the Perfect, and the Middle Voice 85
  8. V: The Origin of the Optative and the Subjunctive 115
  9. VI: A Brief Chronological Summary 121
  10. Endnotes 125
  11. References 133
  12. Index of Names 151
  13. Index of Subjects and Languages 155
https://doi.org/10.1075/cilt.88.06v

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Preface & Acknowledgements vii
  3. Table of contents ix
  4. I: Introduction 1
  5. II: The Origin of the Singular Person Markers, Tense Markers, and Related Grammatical Categories 23
  6. III: The Origin of the Non-Singular Category 65
  7. IV: The Origin of the Ḫi-Conjugation, the Perfect, and the Middle Voice 85
  8. V: The Origin of the Optative and the Subjunctive 115
  9. VI: A Brief Chronological Summary 121
  10. Endnotes 125
  11. References 133
  12. Index of Names 151
  13. Index of Subjects and Languages 155
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