Aspect in Burmese : meaning and function / Nicoletta Romeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romeo, Nicoletta.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 96.

Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 96

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burmese language--Aspect.

Burmese language.

Burmese language--Verb.

Burmese language--Word formation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book presents an overview of the aspectual system of Burmese, and it focuses on the analysis and description of the meaning and function of some aspectual markers which are among the most commonly used in the language. The analysis highlights a few important facts. Firstly, these markers, which typically follow the main verb within the verbal complex, derive from lexical verbs which are still in use in Burmese. This is an important descriptive factor, since the function of these markers can only be fully understood by looking at the interplay between the semantics of their lexical sources and the semantics of the verbs they modify. Secondly, it is the semantics of the aspectual markers that determines both their order vis-à-vis the main verb and their order vis-à-vis the other markers within the verbal complex. The interplay between the semantics and the syntax of these markers is analysed by adopting Role and Reference Grammar.

Contents:

Aspect in Burmese

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

FIGURES

TABLES

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1.1 Aims of the present study

1.2 Burmese: genetic and typological overview

1.3 Data

PART I. A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF BURMESE

CHAPTER 2. THE STRUCTURE OF BURMESE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES

2.1 Introduction

2.2 An overview of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG)

CHAPTER 3. VERBAL OPERATORS

3.1 Pre-VN operators

3.2 Post-VN operators

3.3 Summary

PART II. ASPECT IN BURMESE

CHAPTER 4. THE POST-VN OPERATOR &amp

ae [ne] 'CONTINUOUS' (CONT)

4.1 Introduction

4.2 The full verb ae [ne ] 'stay

live'

4.3 Imperfectivity in English and Burmese

4.4 The use of post-VN operator &amp

ae [ne ] 'CONTINUOUS' with non-stative verbs

4.5 The use of post-VN operator &amp

ae [ne ] 'CONTINUOUS' with stative verbs

CHAPTER 5 THE DIRECTIONAL POST-VN OPERATORS &amp

v| [la] 'COME' AND &amp

oG|

[ wa ] 'GO'

5.1 Introduction

5.2 The full verbs v| [la ] 'come' and oG|

[ wa ] 'go'

5.3 The post-VN operators &amp

v| [la ] 'COME' and &amp

CHAPTER 6. THE POST-VN OPERATOR &amp

x|

[t a ] 'RESULTATIVE' (RES)

6.1 The full verb x|

[t a ] 'put, place

keep'

6.2 The use of x|

keep' as a post-VN operator

6.3 Status and order of &amp

[t a ] 'RESULTATIVE'

6.4 Uses of the operator &amp

CHAPTER 7. THE POST-VN OPERATOR &amp

[yD

[pi ] 'PERFECTIVE' (PFV)

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The full verb [yD

[pi ] 'finish

come to an end'

7.3 The use of [yD

come to an end' as a post-VN operator

7.4 Analysis of the data

7.5 Syntax of constructions with &amp

[pi ] 'PERFECTIVE'

7.6 &amp.

[yD

[pi ] 'PERFECTIVE' as a marker of sequentiality in narrative discourse

7.7 Use of &amp

[pi ] 'PERFECTIVE' in non-final clauses marking temporality

CHAPTER 8 THE SENTENTIAL POST-VN OPERATOR &amp

[yD [pi] 'CURRENTLY RELEVANT STATE' (CRS)

8.1 Introduction

8.2 &amp

[yD [pi ] 'CRS' as a sentential post-VN operator

8.3 Syntax of structures marked by &amp

[yD [pi ] 'CRS'

8.4 Burmese &amp

[yD [pi ] 'CRS' and Mandarin sentence-final particle le 'CRS': same label, similar function

8.5 &amp

[yD [pi ] 'CRS' with achievements and accomplishments

8.6 The combination &amp

&amp

[yD [pi -pi ] 'PFV-CRS'

CHAPTER 9. CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX. LITTLE FROG, WHERE ARE YOU?

INDEX

The Studies in Language Companion Series.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612152023

9781282152021

1282152025

9789027291349

9027291349

OCLC:

648344494