З. И. Керашева.
Предложения с финитными и инфинитными глаголами в адыгских языках.
АН ГССР, Ин-т языкознания, Адыг. гос. пед. ин-т.
Тбилиси: Мецниереба, 1984.
230 с. ; 20 см. Тираж 1000 экз. Мягкая издательская обложка.
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Z. I. Kerasheva.
Sentences with Finite and Infinite Verbs in the Adyghe Languages (Predlozheniya s finitnymi i infinitnymi glagolami v adygskikh yazykakh).
Academy of Sciences of the GSSR, Institute of Linguistics, Adyghe State Pedagogical Institute.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1984.
230 pp. ; 20 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Soft publisher's cover.
This 1984 academic monograph by the renowned Caucasologist Zeinab Kerasheva offers a rigorous syntactical and morphological analysis of the Adyghe (Circassian) languages, specifically focusing on the functional distinctions between finite and infinite verb forms. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Adyghe and Kabardian sentence structures, including the arrangement of participial, gerundive, and infinitive constructions that characterize the polysynthetic nature of the Northwest Caucasian language family. Published by the "Metsniereba" house under the auspices of the Georgian Institute of Linguistics and the Adyghe State Pedagogical Institute, this volume serves as a vital primary source for documenting the complex verbal systems and polypersonalism inherent in Circassian syntax. Kerasheva’s work is highly regarded for its clarity in navigating the intricate relationship between the verb and its dependents in ergative languages. With a limited print run of 1000 copies, this edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for caucasiologists, typologists, and researchers interested in the linguistic heritage of the North Caucasus and the scholarly traditions of the Georgian school of linguistics.