George Hewitt

List of John Benjamins publications in which George Hewitt is involved.

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Georgian: A structural reference grammar

George Hewitt

The Caucasus for its size can boast more languages than any other region on earth. Of the 40 or so native tongues Georgian is the most widely spoken (by up to 5 million, of whom 3 million are ethnic Georgians). With its own unique script, Georgian has been written since the 4th century and has a… read more

[London Oriental and African Language Library, 2] 1995. xviii, 716 pp.

Articles

Hewitt, George 2008 Cases, arguments, verbs in Abkhaz, Georgian and Mingrelian Case 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 Comparatives Archív 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