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Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions.

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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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lord, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
Series:Typological studies in language ; v. 26.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization.
Linguistic change.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb phrase
Linguistic change
Table of Contents:
  • HISTORICAL CHANGE IN SERIAL VERB CONSTRUCTIONS; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; PREFACE; CHAPTER I. SERIAL VERBS; CHAPTER 2. LOCATIVE VERBS AND PREPOSITIONS; CHAPTER 3. VERBS AND RECIPIENT/BENEFACTIVE MARKING; CHAPTER 4. COMITATIVE VERBS, PREPOSITIONSAND CONJUNCTIONS; CHAPTER 5. VERBS AND OBJECT MARKERS; CHAPTER 6. BEYOND CONVENTIONAL CASE ROLES; CHAPTER 7. COMPLEMENTIZERS AND SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS; CHAPTER 8. ADVERBS AND AUXILIARIES FROM VERBS; CHAPTER 9. PRAGMATICS, TYPOLOGY AND TELEOLOGY; NOTES; REFERENCES; LANGUAGE INDEX; INDEX.

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