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Multi-verb constructions : a view from the Americas /
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 fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ;
v. 3. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface; Language Map; List of Abbreviations; About the Contributors; Multi-verb Constructions: Setting the Scene; Dimensions of Northern Paiute Multi-verb Constructions; Lexical, quasi-inflectional, and inflectional compounding in Upper Necaxa Totonac; The Grammar of Teribe Verb Serialization in a Cross-Chibchan Perspective; Multi-verb Constructions in Ecuadorian Quechua; Desiderative Verb Sequences in Uchumataqu; Multi-verb Predicates and Transitivity Harmony in Shipibo-Konibo; 'Derivational Verbs' and Other Multi-verb Constructions in Aweti and Tupi-Guarani.