LINGUIST List 14.1494

Fri May 23 2003

Books: Syntax/Typology, Oceanic Langs: Crowley

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

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1. Serial Verbs in Oceanic: Crowley, Serial Verbs in Oceanic: Crowley

Title: Serial Verbs in Oceanic
Subtitle: A Descriptive Typology
			
Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press 
 http://www.oup-usa.org/, http://www.oup.co.uk		 
			
Book URL: http://www.oup-usa.org/isbn/0198241356.html
 
Author: Terry T. Crowley, University of Waikato 

Hardback: ISBN: 0198241356, Pages: 320 pp, Price: $85
			
Abstract:

This book describes the diversity of serial verb constructions within
Oceanic languages. Serial verb constructions are sequences of verbs
placed one after another to express meanings which in other languages
are typically expressed by means of single verbs. It has long been
established that West African, Southeast Asian and Papuan languages
are serializing languages, but the construction has only comparatively
recently been recognized in Oceanic languages, which belong to a very
large sub-group of the Austronesian family.

Lingfield(s): Syntax
		Typology
			 
Language Family(ies): Oceanic 

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)


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