Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions.

Historical Change in Serial Verb Constructions.

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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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
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