Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages: Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness: 29 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT], 29) - Hardcover

 
9783110181883: Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages: Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness: 29 (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT], 29)
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ISBN 10: 3110181886 ISBN 13: 9783110181883
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton, 2004

Synopsis

This volume provides new data for typological studies and contributes a detailed investigation of the "nuclear" type of complex predicates in Oceanic languages. This VV pattern may correspond to two different syntactic structures, either co-ranking or hierarchized (head-modifier). It appears to be compatible with all types of basic word orders, thus contradicting the generalizations which correlate "nuclear" serialization with verb-final order. Part 1 contains two synthetic articles on the research of serial verbs in Austronesian languages, as well as detailed case studies of complex predicates in various Oceanic languages. Part 2 concentrates on some processes leading to the grammaticalization of serialized verbs into clitics or adpositions.

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About the Author

Isabelle Bril and Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre are Researchers at the LACITO-CNRS in Villejuif, France.

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Publisher
De Gruyter Mouton
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3110181886
ISBN 13 
9783110181883
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
412
Editor
Bril

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