Serial Verb Constructions
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Contributors: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (Editor); R.M.W. Dixon (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 7, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780199233427
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Historical & comparative linguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Grammar; Linguistics; Semantics; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; Grammar, Comparative and general; Typology (Linguistics); Verb phrase
First sentence: A serial verb construction (SVC) is a sequence of verbs which act together as a single predicate, without any overt marker of coordination, subordination, or syntactic dependency of any other sort.