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Converbs in the Languages of Eastern Siberia.
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Nedjalkov, Igor – Language Sciences, 1998
Gives an account of converb (adverbial participle or gerund) systems in eight languages from Paleoasiatic and Altaic families spoken in northeastern Siberia. The rich converbal system is not the only relevant and peculiar feature common to the languages, but it is not common in other languages. The characteristics of converbs are described, and…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Language Classification