Serial Verbs in Oceanic
A Descriptive Typology
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 21 November 2002
- ISBN 9780198241355
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages300 pages
- Size 242x162x21 mm
- Weight 572 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 map, numerous tables 0
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Short description:
Serial verbs are a recently recognized construction in which a string of verbs or verb-like items is used to convey a single meaning within one clause, for example, 'go get your hair cut'. Though the construction is rare in English, it is common in many languages. This book shows what serial verbs are, where they are found (particularly in the Oceanic languages of the Pacific), and how current theory accounts for them. The author argues that their formation is a consequence of contact between different languages.
MoreLong description:
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 very large 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, investigating issues such as language contact and functional issues in language change. Serial verbs are often subject to reanalysis and this book investigates how they have developed new grammatical functions in different languages.
Serial Verbs in Oceanic will interest typologists, those concerned with Austronesian languages in particular, and syntactic change in general, as well as linguists interested in Austronesian, language contact, linguistic typology, and syntactic change.
It is the breadth of coverage of topics in this book that is one of its biggest strengths, and what makes it so useful, particularly for those who are not primarily specialists in Oceanic or Austronesian languages ... Serial Verbs in Oceanic is a very rewarding book to read.
Table of Contents:
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
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