Complex predicates : cross-linguistic perspectives on event structure / edited by Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker, and Mark Harvey.
"Complex predicates are multipredicational, but monoclausal structures. They have proven problematic for linguistic theory, particularly for proposed distinctions between the lexicon, morphology, and syntax. This volume focuses on the mapping from morphosyntactic structures to event structure,...
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: complex predicates Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker and Mark Harvey; 2. Complex predicate formation Brett Baker and Mark Harvey; 3. The light verb jungle: still hacking away Miriam Butt; 4. Events and serial verb constructions William A. Foley; 5. Cotemporal serial verb constructions in White Hmong Nerida Jarkey; 6. Activity incorporates in some Athabaskan languages Keren Rice; 7. Warlpiri verbs of change and causation: the thematic core Mary Laughren; 8. Complex predicates in Wambaya: detaching predicate composition from syntactic structure Rachel Nordlinger; 9. Compound verbs and ideophones in Wolaitta revisited Azeb Amha; 10. The structure of the light verb construction in Amharic Mengistu Amberber; Author index; Language index; Subject index.