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Pashto preverbs, III. Compound verbs with preverb

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2025

Matteo de Chiara
Matteo de Chiara*
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INALCO (National Institute for Eastern Language and Civilisation – Eurasie), Paris, France
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Email: matteo.dechiara@inalco.fr
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Abstract

This article, the third in a series, focuses on the “living” preverbs used in the verbal system of contemporary Pashto. The verbs treated here belong to the “compound verbs with preverb” class or to the “mixed verbs with preverb” class: verbs that replace the wə́- of the simple verbs with another preverb. This class of verbs represents a closed set, and a complete list of these verbs can be investigated systematically and exhaustively. This subject is as yet unexamined and its implications for the interpretation of contemporary Pashto verbal morphology are particularly stimulating.

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PashtoPreverbsHistorical linguisticsVerbal systemIranian languages

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Bulletin of SOAS , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , June 2025 , pp. 301 - 329
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