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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ-. Compare the verbal noun *gabaglā.
Verb
*gabyeti[1]
- to grab, seize, take, hold
Inflection
The conjugation was extensively remodeled in Insular Celtic to shed the aberrant root allomorph *gax-.
Thematic present, s-preterite
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Active voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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1st singular
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*gabyū
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*gabyemam
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?
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*gaxsam
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2nd singular
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*gabyesi
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*gabyetās
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?
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*gaxss
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3rd singular
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*gabyeti
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*gabyeto
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?
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*gaxst
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1st plural
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*gabyomosi
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*gabyemo
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?
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*gaxsme
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2nd plural
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*gabyetesi
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*gabyestē
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?
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*gaxste
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3rd plural
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*gabyonti
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*gabyento
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?
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*gaxsant
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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1st singular
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*gaxsū
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?
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—
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2nd singular
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*gaxsesi
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?
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*gabye
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3rd singular
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*gaxseti
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?
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*gabyetou
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1st plural
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*gaxsomosi
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?
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*gabyomos
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2nd plural
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*gaxsetesi
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?
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*gabyete
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3rd plural
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*gaxsonti
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?
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*gabyontou
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Passive voice
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Present
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Imperfect
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Future
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Preterite
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1st singular
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*gabyūr
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—
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?
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?
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2nd singular
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*gabyetar
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—
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?
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?
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3rd singular
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*gabyetor
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?
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?
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?
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1st plural
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*gabyommor
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—
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?
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?
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2nd plural
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*gabyedwe
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—
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?
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?
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3rd plural
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*gabyontor
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?
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?
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*gaxsanto
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Pres. subjunctive
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Past subjunctive
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Imperative
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1st singular
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*gaxsūr
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—
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—
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2nd singular
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*gaxsetar
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—
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—
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3rd singular
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*gaxsetor
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—
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—
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1st plural
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*gaxsommor
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—
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—
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2nd plural
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*gaxsedwe
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—
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—
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3rd plural
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*gaxsontor
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—
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—
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Declension of the past participle
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masculine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*gaxtos
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtoi
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vocative
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*gaxte
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtoi
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accusative
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*gaxtom
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtoms
|
genitive
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*gaxtī
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*gaxtous
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*gaxtom
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dative
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*gaxtūi
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*gaxtobom
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*gaxtobos
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instrumental
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*gaxtū
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*gaxtobim
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*gaxtobis
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feminine
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*gaxtā
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*gaxtai
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*gaxtās
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vocative
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*gaxtā
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*gaxtai
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*gaxtās
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accusative
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*gaxtam
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*gaxtai
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*gaxtams
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genitive
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*gaxtās
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*gaxtous
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*gaxtom
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dative
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*gaxtai
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*gaxtābom
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*gaxtābos
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instrumental
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*?
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*gaxtābim
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*gaxtābis
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neuter
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singular
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dual
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plural
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nominative
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*gaxtom
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtā
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vocative
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*gaxtom
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtā
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accusative
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*gaxtom
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*gaxtou
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*gaxtā
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genitive
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*gaxtī
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*gaxtous
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*gaxtom
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dative
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*gaxtūi
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*gaxtobom
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*gaxtobos
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instrumental
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*gaxtū
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*gaxtobim
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*gaxtobis
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Reconstruction notes
- This verb underwent almost total hybridization in Brittonic with another verb *kageti (from *kagʰ-); *kap- has also been suspected to have been an influence.[2]
- This hybridization caused the initial *g to be replaced by *k in this verb and all direct verbal derivatives.
- The verbal noun *gabaglā, despite also being a result of hybridization with *kagʰ-, replaced its initial consonant with *k only when it was used as a verbal noun. Root-initial *g remained in non-verbal use (and the early derivative *atigabaglā), causing this noun to split into two, e.g. in Middle Welsh caffael vs. Welsh gafael.
- The /f/ that appears in Welsh and Middle Breton is due to the spread of the subjunctive stem to other verbal forms: the subjunctive suffix *-as- > *-ah- > *-h- came into contact with Brittonic /β/ after the *a in the subjunctive suffix was syncopated, regularly devoicing the root-final consonant.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gab-yo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 148-49
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Schulze-Thulin, Britta (2004) Die keltischen Primärverben: ein vergleichendes, etymologisches und morphologisches Lexikon [The Celtic Primary Verbs: A comparative, etymological and morphological lexicon] (Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft; 110) (in German), Innsbruck: Institut für Sprachen und Literaturen der Universität Innsbruck, →ISBN, pages 318-324