Historical change in serial verb constructions / Carol Lord.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lord, Carol.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 26.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb phrase.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Grammaticalization.

Linguistic change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines both historical and comparative evidence in documenting the sweep of diachronic change in the context of serial verb constructions. Using a wide range of data from languages of West Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, it demonstrates how shifts in meaning and usage result in syntactic, morphological and lexical change.The process by which verbs lose lexical semantic content and develop case-marking functions is described; it is argued that the change is directional, from verb to preposition (or postposition) to affix, along a grammaticalization continuum. This same grammaticaliz

Contents:

HISTORICAL CHANGE IN SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER I. SERIAL VERBS; CHAPTER 2. LOCATIVE VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS; CHAPTER 3. VERBS AND RECIPIENT/BENEFACTIVE MARKING; CHAPTER 4. COMITATIVE VERBS, PREPOSITIONSAND CONJUNCTIONS; CHAPTER 5. VERBS AND OBJECT MARKERS; CHAPTER 6. BEYOND CONVENTIONAL CASE ROLES; CHAPTER 7. COMPLEMENTIZERS AND SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS; CHAPTER 8. ADVERBS AND AUXILIARIES FROM VERBS; CHAPTER 9. PRAGMATICS, TYPOLOGY AND TELEOLOGY; NOTES; REFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31290-5

9786613312907

90-272-7685-4

OCLC:

756484600