George Hewitt

List of John Benjamins publications for which George Hewitt plays a role.

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Subjects Caucasian languages

Articles

Hewitt, George 2008 Cases, arguments, verbs in Abkhaz, Georgian and MingrelianCase and Grammatical Relations: Studies in honor of Bernard Comrie, Corbett, Greville G. and Michael Noonan (eds.), pp. 75–104 | Article
A number of apparently anomalous features in the marking of arguments are examined in three contiguous languages spoken in Transcaucasia: Abkhaz from the North West Caucasian family, and Georgian and Mingrelian, two South Caucasian (or Kartvelian) languages. Among the categories examined are those… read more
Hewitt, George 2007 Abkhaz ComparativesArchív Orientální 75:2, pp. 215–237 | Article
This paper aims to provide a comprehensive survey of phrasal and clausal comparative constructions in the N. W. Caucasian language Abkhaz (in relation to data from the standard, Abzhywa dialect). Following the lead of Knecht (1976), the following three terms will be used throughout this article:… read more