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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald: Serial Verb Constructions in Typological Perspective
- 2: Stephen Matthews: On Serial Verb Constructions in Cantonese
- 3: Birgit Hellwig: Serial Verb Constructions in Goemai
- 4: Christa Kilian-Hatz: Serial Verb Constructions in Khwe (Central-Khoisan)
- 5: Felix K. Ameka: Ewe Serial Verb Constructions in their Grammatical Context
- 6: David B. Solnit: Verb Serialization in Eastern Kayah Li
- 7: A.V.N. Diller: Thai Serial Verbs: Cohesion and culture
- 8: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald: Serial Verb Constructions in Tariana
- 9: Andrew Ingram: Serial Verb Constructions in Dumo
- 10: Alexandre Francois: Serial Verb Constructions in Mwotlap
- 11: John Hajek: Serial Verbs in Tetun Dili
- 12: Frantisek Lichtenberk: Serial Verb Constructions in Toqabaqita
- 13: Roberto Zavala: Serial Verbs in Olutec (Mixean)
- 14: Willem J. de Reuse: Serial Verbs in Lakota (Siouan)
- 15: Azeb Amha and Gerrit J. Dimmendaal: Verbal Compounding in Wolaitta
- 16: R. M. W. Dixon: Serial Verb Constructions: Conspectus and Coda
- Author Index
- Language and Language Family Index
- Subject Index
