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OverviewThe papers in this volume offer several analyses of serial verbs written within various theoretical frameworks: grammatical, comparative and cognitive/functional. They cover a wide range of language families: Misumalpan, Kwa, Bantu, Chinese and Papua New Guinea languages. All the authors address two basic questions about verb serialization: first, what is the syntactic structure and the thematic constitution of the construction? The answers to this question cover the spectrum of possibilities available in current grammatical theory. Second, what aspect of the grammar differentiates between languages which have serial constructions and those which do not? The last paper, by Larson, discusses each of the specific proposals made by the authors and poses the following question: what analogues for verb serialization can be found in the more familiar grammatical apparatus of English? It is suggested that verb serialization finds a clear parallel in the secondary predicate structures of English. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Claire LefebvrePublisher: Not Avail Imprint: Not Avail ISBN: 9786613424501ISBN 10: 6613424501 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 09 August 1991 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |