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Mehweb verb morphology
P. 73–115.
Daniel M.
The paper describes the morphology of the verb in Mehweb, a Dargwa lect of central Daghestan, Russia. The description is partly based on previous research (Magometov 1986, Sumbatova unpublished) and partly on the field data the author has been collecting from 2009 to the present. Mostly, formal morphology of synthetic verb forms and complex verbs are discussed.
Keywords: East CaucasiantransitivityperfectiveimperfectiveDargwaMehwebverb inflectionNakh-Daghestanian
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