Serial verbs in oceanic : a descriptive typology

Serial verbs in oceanic : a descriptive typology / Terry Crowley.

Terry Crowley introduces the idea of serial verbs which are clauses that include multiple verbs or verb-like items that are used to convey a single meaning like wash the plates clean. The author argues that their formation is a consequence of contact between different languages.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crowley, Terry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Oceanic languages > Verb.
Typology (Linguistics)
Languages in contact > Oceania.
Languages in contact
Oceania
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Table of Contents:
  • Conventions in Citing Vernacular Forms
  • 1. Linguistic Typology and Serial Verbs
  • 2. Oceanic Languages, Serial Verbs, and Linguistic Descriptions
  • 3. Paamese Serial Verbs
  • 4. The Distribution and Evolution of Oceanic Serial Verbs
  • 5. The Dissolution of Oceanic Serial Verbs
  • 6. Oceanic Serial Verbs and Melanesian Pidgin
  • 7. Oceanic Serial Verbs and the Broader Context.

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