ჭუმბურიძე, ზურაბ. მყოფადი ქართველურ ენებში.
თბილისი: თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა, 1986. 264 გვ., 22 სმ, მყარი კაზმ, ქართულ ენაზე. ტირაჟი 1000 ეგზ.
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Zurab Chumburidze. Aspect in the Kartvelian Languages
Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, 1986. 264 pp., 22 cm, hardcover, in Georgian. Print run 1000 copies.
This definitive scholarly work presents a comprehensive examination of aspectual phenomena across the Kartvelian language continuum, encompassing Georgian, Mingrelian, Laz, and Svan. Chumburidze's rigorous investigation explores the intricate semantic and morphological distinctions between perfective and imperfective aspects, iterative and habitual formations, and their complex grammatical realizations within verbal systems. The monograph synthesizes diachronic reconstruction with synchronic analysis, tracing the evolution of aspectual categories from Proto-Kartvelian through contemporary language varieties. Through meticulous comparative methodology and extensive linguistic documentation, the author illuminates the underlying principles governing aspect marking and its sophisticated interactions with tense, modality, voice, and syntactic alignment. Essential for specialists in Caucasian linguistics, historical-comparative grammar, morphosyntactic typology, and South Caucasian philology, this volume remains a cornerstone reference for academic libraries and researchers investigating the grammatical architecture and linguistic diversity of ancient language families in the South Caucasus region.
