Serial Verb Constructions: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

by R.M.W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

Book Overview

This volume of new work explores the forms and functions of serial verbs. The introduction sets out the cross-linguistic parameters of variation, and the final chapter draws out a set of conclusions. These frame fourteen explorations of serial verb constructions and similar structures in languages from Asia, Africa, North, Central and South America, and the Pacific. Chapters on well-known languages such as Cantonese and Thai are set alongside the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019923342X
• ISBN13: 9780199233427
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"