Morphology of the Kartvelian Languages: A Descriptive Introduction

Providing thorough coverage of morphology in the Kartvelian languages (Georgian, Zan, Mingrelian, and Svan), this book brings together different strands of Kartvelian linguistics to provide a unique and valuable resource.Kartvelian as a language family has a number of unusual morphosyntactic features that challenge many features of linguistic theory and linguistic typology.The author illustrates how languages within the same family can diverge throughout centuries but still retain striking similarities.The book combines elements of generative and typological frameworks that exist in the field of morphology today and offers full coverage of the Kartvelian language family which have complex yet easily comprehensible morphological systems. The nine chapters cover the basics of Kartvelian morphosyntax and morphology before addressing purely morphological issues on infixation, umlaut, ablaut, suppletion and potential constructions.The book includes: - chapter summaries and new concepts - a