The syntax of serial verbs : an investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages / Mark Sebba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sebba, Mark.

Series:

Creole language library ; 2.

Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sranan language--Verb.

Sranan language.

Sranan language--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 227 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This monograph is about the chains of verbs commonly found in Creole Languages, West African languages, in particular the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo, Chinese and certain other languages and have acquired the name of 'serial verbs' in the literature. As a case study, the serial constructions of Sranan, a creole language of Surinam with an English lexical base, are examined in detail.

Contents:

THE SYNTAX OF SERIAL VERBS; Editorial Page; Title page; Copyright page; A NOTE ON THE TEXT; NOTE ON THE SRANAN DATA; ABSTRACT; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of contents; CHAPTER 1: IN SEARCH OF SERIAL VERBS; 1. INTRODUCTION.; 2. PROBLEMS OF DESCRIPTION; 3. PREVIOUS WRITERS' ANALYSES OF ""SERIALISATION""; 3.1 Christaller; 3.2 Westermann; 3.3 Stewart: The First Transformational Analysis; 3.4 Ansre; 3.5 Stahlke; 3.6 Bamgbose; 3.7 Schachter; 3.8 Williams; 3.9 Voorhoeve; 3.10 Jansen, Koopman And Muysken; 3.11 Lightfoot; 3.12 Oyelaran; 3.13 Chinese Serial Verbs: Li And Thompson

3.14 Alternatives To Li And Thompson: Lu And See Gebauer 4. CONCLUSION; FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2: SERIAL VERBS IN SRANAN; 1. SERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN SRANAN; 2. MORE SRANAN SERIAL VERBS; 1. kaba; 2. gi; 3. moro; 4. pasa; 5. taki; 6. meki; 7. go and kon; 8. teki; 3. CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 3: THE SYNTAX OF SERIALISATION; 1. DISTINGUISHING SERIAL VERBS FROM OTHER STRUCTURES; 1.1 ""Implicative Verbs""; 1.2 ""Control Verbs""; 1.3 Other Complement-taking Verbs; 1.4 Coordinate Sentences, Verb Phrases, And Verb Conjoining; 1.4.1 Coordinate Sentences And Verb Phrases; 1.4.2 Verb Conjoining

1.5 Purpose Clauses 1.6 Factitives; 1.7 Conclusion; 2. THE SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF SERIALISATION; 2.1; 2.2 Serialisation: Coordinate Or Subordinate?; 2.3 Subordinating Serial Constructions; 3. A POSSIBLE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS FOR SERIAL VERBS; 4. CONCLUSION; FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4: SERIAL VERBS IN OTHER LANGUAGES; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 Akan (Twi/Fanti); 1.2 Anyi-Baule; 1.3 Yoruba; 1.4 Ijq (Izon); 1.5 Saramaccan; 1.6 Papiamentu; 1.7 Mandarin; 2. ""COORDINATE"" AND ""SUBORDINATE"" STRUCTURES; 2.1 Akan (Twi/Fanti); 2.2 Anyi-Baule; 2.3 Yoruba; 2.4 Ijo; 2.5 Saramaccan; 2.6 Papiamentu

2.7 Mandarin 3. ""TAKE"" CONSTRUCTIONS; 3.1 Akan; 3.2 Anyi-Baule; 3.3 Yoruba; 3.4 Ijo; 3.5 Saramaccan; 3.6 Papiamentu; 3.7 Mandarin; 4. GIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; 4.1 Akan; 4.2 Anyi-Baule; 4.3 Yoruba; 4.4 Ijo; 4.5 Saramaccan; 4.6 Papiamentu; 4.7 Mandarin; 5. OTHER THREE-PLACE VERBS AND SIMILAR ""RELATIONAL"" CONSTRUCTIONS; 5.1 Akan; 5.2 Ijo; 5.3 Saramaccan; 6. GO, COME AND OTHER MOTION VERBS; 6.1 Akan; 6.2 Yoruba; 6.3 Ijo; 6.4 Saramaccan; 6.5 Papiamentu; 6.6 Mandarin; 7. ""DOUBLE-GO"" CONSTRUCTIONS; 7.1 Akan; 7.2 Saramaccan; 7.3 Papiamentu; 7.4 Mandarin; 8. LEXICAL IDIOMS; 8.1 Akan; 8.2 Anyi-Baule

8.3 Yoruba 8.4 Saramaccan; 8.5 Papiamentu; 8.6 Mandarin; 9. COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; 9.1 Akan; 9.2 Yoruba; 9.3 Ijo; 9.4 Saramaccan; 9.5 Mandarin; 10. OTHER FUNCTIONAL SERIAL VERBS; 11. CONCLUSION; FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION; 1. SERIAL VERBS ARE REAL; 2. UNIVERSALS VERSUS SUBSTRATE; 3. SERIAL VERBS AS ARGUMENT-EXPANDERS; 4. SERIAL VERBS AS LEXICON-EXPANDERS; 5. TO CONCLUDE; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-32849-6

9786613328496

90-272-7902-0

OCLC:

773754696