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Multi-verb constructions : a view from the Americas / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Pieter C. Muysken with the assistance of Joshua Birchall.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 3.
- Brill eBook titles
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Coordinate constructions.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.
- Indians of North America--Languages--Grammar.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Languages.
- Indians of South America--Languages--Grammar.
- Indians of South America.
- Indians of South America--Languages.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (333 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One of the most complex topics in the study of the indigenous languages of the Americas, and indeed in the study of any language set, is the complex behaviour of multi-verb constructions. In many languages, several verbs can co-occur in a sentence, forming a single predicate. This book contains a first survey of such constructions in languages of North, Middle, and South America. Though it is not a systematic typological survey, the combined insights from the various chapters give a very rich perspective on this phenomenon, involving a host of typologically diverse constructions, including serial verb constructions, auxiliaries, co-verbs, phasal verbs, incorporated verbs, et cetera Aikhenvald's long introduction puts the chapters into a single perspective.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material / A. Aikhenvald and P. Muysken
- Multi-Verb Constructions: Setting The Scene / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- Dimensions Of Northern Paiute Multi-Verb Constructions / Tim Thornes
- Lexical, Quasi-Inflectional, And Inflectional Compounding In Upper Necaxa Totonac / David Beck
- The Grammar Of Teribe Verb Serialization In A Cross-Chibchan Perspective / J. Diego Quesada
- Multi-Verb Constructions In Ecuadorian Quechua / Pieter Muysken
- Desiderative Verb Sequences In Uchumataqu / Katja Hannß
- Multi-Verb Predicates And Transitivity Harmony In Shipibo-Konibo / Pilar M. Valenzuela
- ‘Derivational Verbs’ And Other Multi-Verb Constructions In Aweti And Tupi-Guarani / Sebastian Drude
- Multi-Verb Constructions In Yurakare / Rik Van Gijn
- Movima Phasal Verbs / Katharina Haude
- Author Index / A. Aikhenvald and P. Muysken
- Language Index / A. Aikhenvald and P. Muysken
- Subject Index / A. Aikhenvald and P. Muysken.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786613120649
- 9781283120647
- 128312064X
- 9789004194670
- 9004194673
- OCLC:
- 727951920
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004194526.i-313 DOI
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