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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory |
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Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory.
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1. Serial verbs: The framework -- 1.1. What serial verbs are like -- 1.2. Defining a serial verb -- 1.3. Serial verb constructions in the history of linguistics -- 1.4. What this book is about -- 1.5. empirical basis, and conventions used -- 1.6. Appendix: How serial verb constructions have been dealt with in the linguistic literature -- 2. Recognizing a serial verb -- 2.1. Serial verb as one predicate -- 2.2. Serial verbs as one clause -- 2.3. Prosodic properties of serial verbs -- 2.4. Shared tense, aspect, modality, reality status, evidentiality, mood, and polarity values -- 2.5. Serial verb constructions as ̀one event' -- 2.6. Sharing arguments in serial verb constructions -- 2.6.1. Sharing subjects and objects -- 2.6.2. Serial verb constructions with non-identical subjects -- 2.6.3. Serial verb constructions with no shared arguments -- 2.7. To summarize -- 3. Serial verbs: Their composition and meanings -- 3.1. Composition of serial verb constructions -- 3.2. Semantic types of asymmetrical serial verbs -- 3.2.1. Direction and orientation -- 3.2.2. Aspect, extent, and change of state -- 3.2.3. Secondary concept serialization -- 3.2.4. Serialization of complement-clause-taking verbs -- 3.2.5. Increasing valency and specifying arguments -- 3.2.6. Reducing valency -- 3.2.7. Comparatives and superlatives -- 3.2.8. Event-argument serial verbs -- 3.2.9. Further meanings of asymmetrical serial verbs -- 3.2.10. Asymmetrical serial verbs: an interim summary -- 3.3. Semantics of symmetrical serial verbs -- 3.3.1. Sequence of actions or concomitant actions related together -- 3.3.2. Cause-effect and resultative serial verbs -- 3.3.3. Manner serial verbs -- 3.3.4. Synonymous, or parallel, verb serialization -- 3.3.5. Symmetrical serial verbs: an interim summary -- 3.4. Contrasting asymmetrical and symmetrical serial verbs -- 3.4.1. Grammaticalization and lexicalization in serial verb constructions -- 3.4.2. Iconicity of component order, and further features of serial verbs -- 3.5. To summarize -- 4. Formal properties of serial verbs -- 4.1. Contiguity of components -- 4.2. Wordhood of components -- 4.3. Contiguity and wordhood: how the parameters interact -- 4.4. expression of grammatical categories -- 4.4.1. Person marking in serial verbs -- 4.4.2. Marking further verbal categories in serial verbs -- 4.4.3. Grammatical processes which have scope over one component of a serial verb -- 4.5. Transitivity matching in serial verb constructions -- 4.6. To summarize -- 5. limits of verb serialization -- 5.1. Limited verb serialization, and double verb constructions -- 5.2. When verb sequences are not serial verbs -- 5.2.1. Serial verbs and sequences of clauses -- 5.2.2. Serial verbs and multi-verb constructions of other kinds -- 5.3. Serial verbs and other verb sequences: to conclude -- 6. many facets of serial verbs -- 6.1. Several kinds of serial verb constructions in one language: wordhood and contiguity -- 6.1.1. Multi-word non-contiguous and multi-word contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.2. Multi-word non-contiguous and one-word contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.3. Multi-word non-contiguous and one-word non-contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.4. Multi-word contiguous and one-word contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.5. One-word non-contiguous and one-word contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.6. Multi-word contiguous and one-word non-contiguous serial verbs in one language -- 6.1.7. Three kinds of serial verb constructions in one language -- 6.1.8. Languages with more than one kind of serial verb constructions: some generalizations -- 6.2. Types of verbs, and types of serial verb constructions -- 6.3. To summarize -- 7. What are serial verbs good for? -- 7.1. Serial verb constructions and their grammatical functions -- 7.2. Serial verb constructions, definiteness, and focus -- 7.3. Serial verb constructions and the representation of events -- 7.4. What are languages with serial verbs like? -- 7.4.1. typological profile of languages with serial verb constructions -- 7.4.2. Further features of languages with serial verb constructions -- 7.4.3. Serial verb constructions and the features of verbal lexicon -- 7.5. To summarize -- 8. rise and fall of serial verbs -- 8.1. Where do serial verbs come from? -- 8.1.1. origins of serial verb constructions -- 8.1.2. What further factors favour the development of serial verbs? -- 8.1.3. Serial verbs in language history -- 8.2. Serial verbs and language contact -- 8.2.1. Serial verbs as a feature of linguistic areas -- 8.2.2. Serial verbs in one-to-one language contact, and substratum phenomena -- 8.2.3. Serial verb constructions in Creole languages -- 8.3. What happens to serial verbs in language history: grammaticalization and lexicalization -- 8.3.1. How components of serial verbs become grammatical markers -- 8.3.2. From several verbs to one -- 8.4. Serial verb constructions in language acquisition and loss -- 8.5. To summarize -- 9. essence of serial verbs -- fieldworker's guide: Serial verb constructions -- how to know more |
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This text provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate. It uses an inductively-based framework for the analysis and draws on data from languages with different typological profiles and genetic affiliations |
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"In many languages of the world, a sequence of several verbs act together as one unit. These sequences--known as serial verbs--form one predicate and contain no overt marker of coordination, subordination, or syntactic dependency of any sort. Serial verbs describe what can be conceptualized as one single event. They are often pronounced as if they were one word, and tend to share subjects and objects. The whole serial verb will have one value for tense, aspect, mood, modality, and evidentiality. Their components cannot be negated or questioned separately without negating or questioning the whole construction. Asymmetrical serial verbs consist of a 'minor' verb from a closed class and a major verb from an open class. The minor component tends to grammaticalize giving rise to markers of aspect, directionality, valency increase, prepositions, and coordinators. Symmetrical serial verbs consist of several components each from an open class. They may undergo lexicalization and become non-compositional idioms. Various grammatical categories--including person, tense, aspect, and negation--can be marked on each component, or just once per construction. Serial verb constructions are a powerful means for a detailed portrayal of various facets of one event. They have numerous grammatical and discourse functions. Serial verbs have to be distinguished from verb sequences of other kinds, including constructions with converbs and auxiliaries, and from verbal compounds. The book sets out cross-linguistic parameters of variation for serial verbs based on an inductive approach and discusses their synchronic and diachronic properties, functions, and histories."--Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 24, 2018) |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb phrase
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192508775 |
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0192508776 |
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9780191833700 |
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0191833703 |
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