Serial Verbs in Oceanic A Descriptive Typology

Name: Serial Verbs in Oceanic A Descriptive Typology
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ISBN: 9780198241355

ISBN-10: 0198241356

ISBN-13: 9780198241355

Edition: 2002

Authors: Terry Crowley

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This 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 verylarge sub-group of the Austronesian family.Terry Crowley demonstrates that patterns of serial verbs can exhibit structural diversity even within a single language. He examines how serial verbs originate,…

Book details

List price: $245.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Terry Crowley is a professor of HIstory at the University of Guelph. Among his previous books, Agnes Macphail and the Politics of Equality won the W.C. Good Writing Award of the Rural Learning Association.




Linguistic typology and serial verbs



Oceanic languages, serial verbs and linguistic descriptions



Paamese serial verbs



The distribution and evolution of Oceanic serial verbs



The dissolution of Oceanic serial verbs



Oceanic serial verbs and Melanesian Pidgin



Oceanic serial verbs and the broader context


References


Index