The Serial Verb Construction Parameter (Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: February 8, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780815340430
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Grammar, Comparative and general; Language Arts & Disciplines; Verb phrase; Language; Syntax; Linguistics; Grammar; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Grammar, Comparative and gener; African languages; Principles and parameters (Lin
First sentence: The serial verb construction (SVC) is one of the better studied phenomena associated with West African linguistics (cf. Christaller 1875, Westerman 1930, Ansre 1966, Bamgbose 1974, Sebba 1987, Baker 1989, 1991, Lefebvre 1991, Awoyale 1987,1988, Manfredi 1991, Dechaine 1993, Collins 1997, Campbell 1989, Joseph and Zwicky 1990, Bodomo 1993, Cormack and Neil 1994, etc.).