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Tables of Contents for A Historical Syntax of Late Middle Indo-Aryan (Apabhramsa
Chapter/Section Title
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Preface
vii
7
List of Illustrations
xiv
3
Abbreviations of Languages and Dialects
xvii
2
Abbreviations of Primary Literature
xix
2
Abbreviations of Grammatical Terms
xxi
2
Introduction
xxiii
PART ONE: METHODOLOGY, SOCIOLINGUISTIC BACKGROUND AND APABHRAMSA LITERARY CORPUS
1
64
Chapter 1: Methodology and Theoretical Approach
1
12
1.1 Previous studies of the late Middle Indo-Aryan period
1
2
1.2 The scope and aims of the present study
3
2
1.3 Methodology
5
1
1.4 Conceptual framework
6
7
Chapter 2: Historical, Social, and Linguistic Background
13
20
2.1 Regional states in Northern India (6th - 12th century A. D.)
13
2
2.2 Sociolinguistic impact of foreign invasions and settlements on Northern India
15
1
2.3 Literary languages of Medieval India (Sanskrit, Prakrits, and Apabhramsa)
16
17
2.3.1 Classical Sanskrit
19
3
2.3.2 Prakrits
22
1
2.3.2.1 Prakrits used in poetry and Sanskrit plays
23
3
2.3.2.2 Prakrits used by Jainas
26
1
2.3.3 Apabhramsa
27
6
Chapter 3: Evidence from Medieval Indian Grammarians
33
17
3.1 Vararuci's Prakrtaprakasa
33
1
3.2 Descriptive technique of Hemacandra Suri (1088/89-1172/73)
34
10
3.3 Eastern grammarians: Kramadisvara and Purusottama
44
6
Chapter 4: Late Middle Indo-Aryan Vernacular Corpus
50
15
4.1 Eastern Apabhramsa: the Dohakosas of Kanha and Saraha
50
5
4.2 Apabhramsa songs in Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiya
55
1
4.3 Joindu's Paramatmaprakasa and Yogasara
56
1
4.4 Svayambhudeva's Paumacariu and Ritthanemicariu
56
2
4.5 Puspadanta's Harivamsapurana
58
1
4.6 Kanakamara's Karakandacariu
58
1
4.7 Dhanavala's Bhavisattakaha
59
1
4.8 Ramasimha's Pahudadoha
59
1
4.9 Haribhadra's Sanatkumaracarita
59
1
4.10 Somaprabha's Kumarapalapratibodha
60
2
4.11 Addahamana's Samdesa Rasaka
62
3
PART TWO: GRAMMATICAL CHANGE DURING THE LATE MIDDLE INDO-ARYAN PERIOD
65
166
Chapter 5: Restructuring of the Nominal System and the Evolution of the Phrasal Case
65
23
5.1 Erosion of the nominal case system
65
3
5.2 Source
68
6
5.3 Appurtenance
74
4
5.4 Reference
78
2
5.5 Location
80
3
5.6 Accompaniment/Instrumentality
83
5
Chapter 6: Restructuring of the Pronominal System and the Evolution of the Phrasal Case
88
16
6.1 Late Middle Indo-Aryan period (Apabhramsa)
88
11
6.1.1 Double-oblique system in Apabhramsa
90
5
6.1.2 Evidence of Apabhramsa literature
95
4
6.2 Early New Indo-Aryan period
99
5
6.2.1 Emergence of oblique pronominal forms to host postpositions on par with nouns
99
5
Chapter 7: Evolution of Grammatical and Lexical Aspect
104
14
7.1 Grammatical aspect
104
7
7.1.1 Perfect (retrospective aspect)
104
3
7.1.2 Progressive aspect
107
4
7.2 Lexical aspect
111
7
7.2.1 Inception and completion
111
3
7.2.2 Version and ablation
114
4
Chapter 8: The Old Synthetic and the New Analytic Passive
118
15
8.1 Inherited finite (synthetic) passive in -ijja-
118
6
8.1.1 Used in non-modal meaning
118
1
8.1.2 Used in modal meaning
119
1
8.1.2.1 Demand and deontic modality
119
2
8.1.2.2 Finite passive in relative clauses
121
1
8.1.2.3 Abilitative and cohortative meaning
122
1
8.1.2.4 Passive forms in the future tense
123
1
8.1.3 Imperfective passive participle in -anta
123
1
8.2 Inherited analytic be-passive
124
1
8.3 Innovative analytic jana "go"-passive
125
1
8.4 Non-finite passive with the past passive particle
126
7
8.4.1 The argument low in animacy as an agent
126
1
8.4.2 True agentless passive
127
1
8.4.3 The agent in the marked postverbal position
128
1
8.4.4 The avoidance of subject switching to maintain topic continuity
129
1
8.4.5 The goal as the vantage point for the narration
130
3
Chapter 9: The Emergence and Development of the Ergative Construction
133
28
9.1 The functional theory of the origins of ergativity
133
3
9.2 The possessive and agentive construction in Middle Indo-Aryan
136
5
9.3 The tug of war between conservative and eliminative forces in the history of Indo-Aryan
141
6
9.3.1 The appearance of the absolute case at the end of the MIA period
142
1
9.3.2 The diverging development of the ergative and the passive construction
143
2
9.3.3 The consequences of the cliticization of the pronominal suffixes and the copula to the ta-form
145
2
9.4 Ergative interpretation of the constructions with the past passive participle in Apabhramsa
147
14
9.4.1 Word order in clauses with the ergative construction
147
1
9.4.2 Ergative construction in the 1st and 2nd person
148
2
9.4.3 Verbs of speaking in the 3rd person
150
4
9.4.4 Conjoining the intransitive and transitive predicates
154
7
Chapter 10: The Scope of the Causative
161
23
10.1 The functional theory of causativization
161
2
10.2 Finite causatives
163
1
10.2.1 Finite active causatives
163
1
10.2.2 Finite passive causatives
164
1
10.3 Non-finite causatives
164
4
10.3.1 Ergative (active) interpretation
164
3
10.3.2 Passive interpretation
167
1
10.4 Causativization in Sanskrit and Prakrits
168
16
10.4.1 Passivization on the goal
168
4
10.4.2 Passivization on the causee
172
2
10.4.3 Semantic restrictions on the passivization of causatives
174
4
10.4.4 Summary
178
6
Chapter 11: Mood and Modality
184
13
11.1 Epistemic and deontic modality
184
5
11.2 The gerundive in statements of necessity and possibility
189
3
11.3 The gerundive in the function of inferential mode
192
1
11.4 The gerundive recategorized as future tense
193
4
Chapter 12: Absolute Constructions
197
9
12.1 Absolute constructions in Old Indo-Aryan
197
2
12.2 Absolute constructions in Apabhramsa
199
7
12.2.1 Instrumental/Locative absolute
201
2
12.2.2 Genitive absolute
203
2
12.2.3 Nominative absolute
205
1
Chapter 13: Complementation and Relativization
206
11
13.1 The gerund with modal verbs
206
1
13.2 Dative of purpose with verbs of motion
206
1
13.3 The quotative particle ema
207
2
13.4 Relative clauses in Apabhramsa
209
1
13.5 Subordinate clauses introduced by relative pronouns
210
2
13.6 Subordinate clauses introduced by relative adverbs
212
5
13.6.1 Adverbial clauses of place
212
1
13.6.2 Adverbial clauses of time
212
2
13.6.3 Adverbial clauses of manner
214
3
Chapter 14: Conclusions
217
14
14.1 Grammatical change in Indo-Aryan languages during the Medieval period (6th - 12th century A.D.)
217
4
14.2 Sociolinguistic aspects of the history of Indo-Aryan languages during the Medieval period
221
2
14.3 A contribution of the present monograph to general historical linguistics
223
7
14.4 Epilogue
230
1
Editions of Primary Literature
231
4
References and Select Bibliography
235
15
Index of Ancient and Medieval Grammarians
250
1
Index of Modern Authors
251
2
Index of Quoted Passages
253
5
Index of Languages and Dialects
258
3
Index of Subjects
261