Download or read book Diachrony of Verb Morphology written by Martine Robbeets and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with shared verb morphology in Japanese and other languages that have been identified as Transeurasian (traditionally: Altaic ) in previous research. It analyzes shared etymologies and reconstructed grammaticalizations with the goal to provide evidence for the genealogical relatedness of these languages."