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Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

Peter E. (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan) Hook & Prashant (Professor, Professor, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) Pardeshi & Taro (Professor Emeritus, Professor Emeritus, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics) Kageyama

Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

 

This volume is the first to present a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes - compounds consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary - in Asian languages. Leading specialists offer an in-depth analysis of the diachrony and geographical distribution of these constructions in a wide range of Asian languages.


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Beschrijving Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages

This volume is the first to present a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes in Asian languages from both a synchronic and diachronic perspective. Many Asian languages share, to a greater or lesser extent, a unique class of compound verbs consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary verb known as a 'vector' or 'explicator'. These quasi-auxiliary verbs exhibit unique grammatical behaviour that suggests that they have an intermediate status between full lexical verbs and wholly reduced auxiliaries. They are also semantically unique, in that when they are combined with main verbs, they can convey a rich variety of functional meanings beyond the traditional notions of tense, aspect, and modality, such as manner and intensity of action, benefaction for speaker or hearer, and polite or derogatory styles in speech. In this book, leading specialists in a range of Asian languages offer an in-depth analysis of the long-standing questions relating to the diachrony and geographical distribution of verb-verb complexes. The findings have implications for the general understanding of the grammaticalization of verb categories, complex predicate formation, aktionsart and event semantics, the morphology-syntax-semantics interface, areal linguistics, and typology.


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9780198759508
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604
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610
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1
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Hardback
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Engels
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OUP Oxford

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