Serial Verb Constructions : A Cross-Linguistic Typology.
Title:
Serial Verb Constructions : A Cross-Linguistic Typology.
Author:
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.
ISBN:
9780191535406
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1 online resource (394 pages)
Series:
Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Notes on the Contributors -- Abbreviations -- 1 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN TYPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE -- 1 General remarks -- 2 Defining serial verb constructions -- 3 Composition and semantics of serial verb constructions -- 4 Formal properties of serial verb constructions -- 5 Productivity of serialization, and functions of serial verb constructions -- 6 Which verbs are likely to occur in serial verb constructions? -- 7 Several kinds of serial verb constructions in one language: iconic motivation -- 8 Properties of serializing languages, and the diffusion of serial verb constructions -- 9 Summary, and prospects for further study -- 10 Overview of the volume -- Appendix. Approaches to serial verb constructions and terminological issues -- References -- 2 ON SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN CANTONESE -- 1 Introduction and background to Cantonese -- 2 Defining properties -- 3 Argument sharing -- 4 Properties of serial constructions -- 5 Lexicalization and grammaticalization -- 6 Wordhood and contiguity -- 7 Productivity of serialization -- 8 Typological considerations -- References -- 3 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN GOEMAI -- 1 Typological characteristics of Goemai -- 2 Properties of serial verb constructions -- 3 Serial verb constructions and their semantics -- 4 Summary -- References -- 4 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN KHWE (CENTRAL-KHOISAN) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Multiverbal constructions -- 3 Formal and semantic properties of SVCs -- 4 Wordhood and contiguity -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 EWE SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN THEIR GRAMMATICAL CONTEXT -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Serial verb constructions -- 3 Some functional types of SVCs -- 4 SVCs and grammaticalization -- 5 Marking of categories in SVCs -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 6 VERB SERIALIZATION IN EASTERN KAYAH LI -- 1 Defining properties of serial verbs.
2 Structural properties and semantics -- 3 Combinations of SVCs -- 4 Comparative and other questions -- References -- 7 THAI SERIAL VERBS: COHESION AND CULTURE -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Approaches to defining verb serialization in Thai -- 3 Single-action SVCs -- 4 Movement sequences -- 5 Other single-action SVCs -- 6 Amalgam constructions: multiple serial verbs -- 7 Cohesion, culture, and Thai SVCs -- References -- 8 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN TARIANA -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Properties of multi-word serial verb constructions in Tariana -- 3 Composition and semantics of multi-word serial verb constructions -- 4 Single-word serial verb constructions -- 5 Tariana serial verbs in historical perspective -- 6 Summary -- References -- 9 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN DUMO -- 1 Background -- 2 Formal properties of SVCs in Dumo -- 3 Structural properties and semantics of SVCs in Dumo -- 4 The durative construction and serialization -- 5 Wordhood -- 6 Combinations of SVCs -- 7 Serializability of verb types and productivity of the serialization -- 8 The question of co-existing SVC types -- 9 Origins of SVCs -- 10 Cross-linguistic comparison: Dumo SVCs compared to SVCs in other languages -- References -- 10 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN MWOTLAP -- 1 Clause structure and verb serialization -- 2 Structural properties of Mwotlap SVCs -- 3 Sharing arguments in Mwotlap SVCs -- 4 A functional classification of Mwotlap SVCs -- 5 Multiverb serialization -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 11 SERIAL VERBS IN TETUN DILI -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overview of serial verb constructions in Tetun Dili -- 3 Classes of serial verbs -- 4 Formal properties of serial verbs -- 5 Grammaticalized SVCs and other non-serial constructions in Tetun Dili -- 6 Areal diffusion, language contact, and deserialization in Tetun Dili -- References -- 12 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS IN TOQABAQITA.
1 Preliminaries -- 2 Toqabaqita serial verb constructions: a preview -- 3 Symmetrical and asymmetrical SVCs -- 4 Number of verbs in SVCs -- 5 Contiguity and wordhood -- 6 The transitivity statuses of the component verbs and of the resulting SVCs -- 7 Argument sharing -- 8 Beyond serialization -- References -- 13 SERIAL VERBS IN OLUTEC (MIXEAN) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 General aspects of Olutec grammar -- 3 Defining Olutec serial verbs -- 4 Productivity, lexicalization, and grammaticalization -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 14 SERIAL VERBS IN LAKOTA (SIOUAN) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition and overview of Lakota serial verb constructions -- 3 Discussion and illustration of Lakota serial verb constructions -- 4 Syntactic compounds, verb stripping, and other potential serial verb constructions -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 15 VERBAL COMPOUNDING IN WOLAITTA -- 1 Verbal compounding and converbs in Wolaitta -- 2 A closer look at Ometo -- 3 From converb to verbal compounding in Wolaitta -- 4 Verbal compounding in an areal perspective -- 5 On self-organizing principles in languages -- References -- 16 SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS: CONSPECTUS AND CODA -- 1 Conspectus -- 2 Coda-does Dyirbal have SVCs? -- References -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Index of languages, language families, and areas -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
A serial verb construction (sometimes just called serial verb) is a sequence of verbs which acts together as one. This oustanding 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. - ;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. - ;This anthology provides the reader with rich and fascinating data on and sound analyses of SVCs and contributes decisively to the slowly but gradually growing literature towards a crosslinguistic typology of SVCs. - Gunter Senft, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen;This outstanding book is the first to study the phenomenon across languages of different typological and genetic profiles. - Folia Linguistica.
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