On Some Parallels in the Verbal Systems of Manchu-Tungusic and Old Japanese, with Possible Genealogical Implications
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | In the core of the paper lies the fundamental question of how some Manchu-Tungusic and Old Japanese verb morphology correspondences can be explained. Both Japanese and Manchu-Tungusic scholarship views some of the verbal suffixes as relics of former auxiliary verbs. The paper addresses the obvious ressemblances and subjugates the results of the comparative analysis to a critical reassessment, with the aim to draw typological and possibly also etymological conclusions. |