| Multi-Verb Constructions: A View from the Americas Contributor(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra (Editor), Muysken, Pieter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004194525 ISBN-13: 9789004194526 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $169.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Native American Languages - Reference - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
| Dewey: 497 |
| LCCN: 2010042550 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.5" W x 9.7" (1.50 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most complex topics in the study of the indigenous languages of the Americas, and indeed in the study of any language set, is the complex behaviour of multi-verb constructions. In many languages, several verbs can co-occur in a sentence, forming a single predicate. This book contains a first survey of such constructions in languages of North, Middle, and South America. Though it is not a systematic typological survey, the combined insights from the various chapters give a very rich perspective on this phenomenon, involving a host of typologically diverse constructions, including serial verb constructions, auxiliaries, co-verbs, phasal verbs, incorporated verbs, etc. Aikhenvald's long introduction puts the chapters into a single perspective. |