The Syntax And Semantics Of Serial Verb Constructions
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The Syntax And Semantics Of Serial Verb Constructions
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Author : Sookhee Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Syntax And Semantics Of Serial Verb Constructions written by Sookhee Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Grammar, Comparative and general categories.
Historical Change In Serial Verb Constructions
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Author : Carol Lord
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1993-08-06
Historical Change In Serial Verb Constructions written by Carol Lord and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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 grammaticalization process is shown to result in the development of complementizers, adverbial subordinators, conjunctions, adverbs and auxiliaries from verbs. Strong parallels across languages are found in the meanings of the verbs that become “defective” and in the functions they come to mark. The changes are documented in detail, with examples from a number of languages illustrating the effect of the changes on typology and word order, implications for the encoding of definiteness and aspect, and the relevance of notions such as discourse topic, foreground and transitivity. With respect to theoretical assumptions and terminology, the author has taken a relatively nonpartisan approach, and the discussion is accessible to students of language as well as of interest to theoreticians.
Examen De La Lettre Pastorale De M Desbois De Rochefort Ci Devant Cur De St Andr Des Arts Et V Que Constitutionnel Du D Partement De La Somme Par Un Paroissien De Saint Andr Des Arts
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language : en
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Release Date : 1791
Examen De La Lettre Pastorale De M Desbois De Rochefort Ci Devant Cur De St Andr Des Arts Et V Que Constitutionnel Du D Partement De La Somme Par Un Paroissien De Saint Andr Des Arts written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1791 with categories.
The Syntax Of Serial Verbs
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Author : Mark Sebba
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1987-01-01
The Syntax Of Serial Verbs written by Mark Sebba and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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.
Serial Verb Constructions
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Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2005-12-22
Serial Verb Constructions written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages from Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Chapters on well-known languages such as Cantonese and Thai are set alongside the languages of small hunter-gatherer and slash-and-burn agriculturalist groups. A serial verb construction (sometimes just called serial verb) is a sequence of verbs which acts together as one. Each describes what can be conceptualized as a single event. They are monoclausal; their intonational properties are those of a monoverbal clause; they generally have just one tense, aspect, mood, and polarity value; and they are an important tool in cognitive packaging of events. Serial verb constructions are a pervasive feature of isolating languages of Asia and West Africa, and are also found in the languages of the Pacific, South, Central and North America, most of them endangered. Serial verbs have been a subject of interest among linguists for some time. This outstanding book is the first to study the phenomenon across languages of different typological and genetic profiles. The authors, all experienced linguistic fieldworkers, follow a unified typological approach and avoid formalisms. The book will interest students, at graduate level and above, of syntax, typology, language universals, information structure, and language contact, in departments of linguistics and anthroplogy.
The Acquisition Of Creole Languages
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Author : Dany Adone
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-28
The Acquisition Of Creole Languages written by Dany Adone and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-28 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The first study into how children acquire Creoles as their first language in the absence of a conventional language model.
The Serial Verb Construction Parameter
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Author : Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-31
The Serial Verb Construction Parameter written by Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
An investigation of the serial verb construction, this work engages central issues in syntactic theory-complex predicates, clausal architecture and syntactic variation.
Complex Predicates
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Author : Alex Alsina i Keith
language : en
Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
Release Date : 1997
Complex Predicates written by Alex Alsina i Keith and has been published by Stanford Univ Center for the Study this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A variety of approaches to the question of the range and nature of complex predicates.
The Cambridge Handbook Of Role And Reference Grammar
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Author : Delia Bentley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-06-07
The Cambridge Handbook Of Role And Reference Grammar written by Delia Bentley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a theory of language in which linguistic structures are accounted for in terms of the interplay of discourse, semantics and syntax. With contributions from a team of leading scholars, this Handbook provides a field-defining overview of RRG. Assuming no prior knowledge, it introduces the framework step-by-step, and includes a pedagogical guide for instructors. It features in-depth discussions of syntax, morphology, and lexical semantics, including treatments of lexical and grammatical categories, the syntax of simple clauses and complex sentences, and how the linking of syntax with semantics and discourse works in each of these domains. It illustrates RRG's contribution to the study of language acquisition, language change and processing, computational linguistics, and neurolinguistics, and also contains five grammatical sketches which show how RRG analyses work in practice. Comprehensive yet accessible, it is essential reading for anyone who is interested in how grammar interfaces with meaning.