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Serial verbs in White Hmong /
"Investigates verb serialization, a highly productive grammatical strategy in this dynamic Southeast Asian language in which multiple verbs are simply concatenated within a single clause to depict a single event. The investigation identifies four major types of serial verb construction (SVC) in...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ;
volume 12. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Investigates verb serialization, a highly productive grammatical strategy in this dynamic Southeast Asian language in which multiple verbs are simply concatenated within a single clause to depict a single event. The investigation identifies four major types of serial verb construction (SVC) in White Hmong and finds that the key function of all these types is to depict a single event in an elaborate and vivid way, a much-favoured method of description in this language. These findings concerning the nature and function of SVCs in White Hmong contribute to broader discussions on the nature of events as both cognitive and cultural constructs"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004292390 900429239X |
| ISSN: | 1879-5412 ; |