Serial Verbs in Oceanic: A Descriptive TypologyThis book describes the diversity of serial verb constructions within Oceanic languages. Serial verb constructions are sequences of verbs placed one after another to express meanings which in other languages are typically expressed by means of single verbs. It has long been established that West African, Southeast Asian and Papuan languages are serializing languages, but the construction has only comparatively recently been recognized in Oceanic languages, which belong to a very large sub-group of the Austronesian family. |
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... functions 171 175 3.15 Numeral verbs and postmodifiers 4.1 4.3 Corresponding verbal and ' adverbial ' forms in Nakanai Directional suffixes in Mangap - Mbula Manam verbs with aspectual functions 4.4 Mussau verbs and causative prefixes ...
... functions 171 175 3.15 Numeral verbs and postmodifiers 4.1 4.3 Corresponding verbal and ' adverbial ' forms in Nakanai Directional suffixes in Mangap - Mbula Manam verbs with aspectual functions 4.4 Mussau verbs and causative prefixes ...
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Contents
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Oceanic Languages Serial Verbs and Linguistic Descriptions | 24 |
6 | 30 |
Paamese Serial Verbs | 68 |
3 | 104 |
The Distribution and Evolution of Oceanic Serial Verbs | 125 |
The Dissolution of Oceanic Serial Verbs | 169 |
Active intransitive verbs of motion in Paamese nuclear | 170 |
1 | 176 |
Oceanic Serial Verbs and Melanesian Pidgin | 215 |
Oceanic Serial Verbs and the Broader Context | 255 |
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Common terms and phrases
adpositional adverbial Anejom appear Austronesian languages basic motion verbs Bislama bite blong Bradshaw clause clitic constructions in Paamese coordinator core-layer juncture core-layer serial verb Crowley described directional serialization echo subject marking encoded Erromangan expressed by means find examples Foley and Olson following example forms functions grammatical grammaticalization Guinea inau independent verb indicated initial element initial verb intransitive involving kaie kati kekee Kwaio Lenakel Lewo lexical verb linguistic Loniu Margetts marker Melanesian Pidgin morphology noun phrase nuclear serial verb object Oceanic languages Paamese Paamese section Papua New Guinea patterns of serialization phonological possible prefixes prepositions presented pronominal Proto Oceanic range reanalysis S)he Saliba second element second verb semantic serial verb constructions similar Solomons Pijin speakers stap stative verb structions structural subgroup subordinate substrate suffixes syntactic Tok Pisin transitive verbs typological verb carrying verb meaning verb serialization verb-verb sequences verbs in Paamese Verhaar vuasi