Serial verbs in oceanic : a descriptive typology
Crowley, TerryAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2002.
Terry Crowley introduces the idea of serial verbs which are clauses that include multiple verbs or verb-like items that are used to convey a single meaning like wash the plates clean. The author argues that their formation is a consequence of contact between different languages.
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Terry Crowley introduces the idea of serial verbs which are clauses that include multiple verbs or verb-like items that are used to convey a single meaning like wash the plates clean. The author argues that their formation is a consequence of contact between different languages.
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Oceanic languages
Typology (Linguistics)
Languages in contact
Austronesian, Papuan & Australian Languages & Literatures
Languages & Literatures