Grammatical Category of Version in Georgian and “Conjugation Prefixes” in Sumerian: A Contrastive Analysis

Authors

  • Zurab Baratashvili Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Keywords:

The Georgian language, the Sumerian language, the passive voice, the middle voice, applicative, locative, reflexive, syntactic functions

Abstract

In the article semantics, syntactic functions, and morphological marking of the markers of the grammatical category of version in Georgian and of the so-called “conjugation prefixes” in Sumerian are described, analyzed, and contrasted with each other according to different syntactic frameworks. The results are valuable for functional typology.

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Published

2025-11-06

Issue

Vol. 27 (2018): The Kartvelologist

Section

Studies: Linguistics