An Introduction to the Study of Classical ArmenianThe author is particularly interested in comparative and historical research on Armenian as an Indo-European language. This "Introduction" consists of two parts. The first one describes the phonological and morphological system of Classical Armenian with the purpose of setting off its characteristic features, not of dwelling on such details as can be found in any good grammar book. The second part is comparative and historical. besides the best ascertained facts, it includes disscussions on controversial issues, as well as some new insights in histroical morphology. |
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1st pl 1st sg 2nd sg 3rd sg Abrahamyan AccL action nouns adjectives agent nouns aorist aorist stems archaic athematic belong Benveniste berem ClArm clusters cognates compound conjugation consonant contrast declension derived diachronic dialectal diphthong display dropped ending epenthesis etymology forms GDAbl genuine Armenian words Godel Goth Greek hayr Hitt Hübschmann's IE languages imper impf Indo-Iranian inflection intervocalic Iranian isogloss Jensen k'oyr latter Lith Luke Mann mard marker masc mediopassive Meillet morpheme morphological NAcc neuter Note occur OCSI original paradigm parallel Parthian participle past tense pattern Pedersen phonemes phonological PIE imperfect Pisani pl.N pres present stem preserved pronouns prototype reflexes of PIE regular root aorist root vowel rule sg.NAcc Slavic Slavic languages sound change subj subjunctive suffix thematic trace traceable to PIE voiceless vowel alternation word stem zero grade