Serial verbs in oceanic : a descriptive typology /

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Crowley, Terry
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	Oceanic languages > Verb. Typology (Linguistics) Languages in contact > Oceania. Typologie (Linguistique) Langues en contact > Océanie. Languages in contact Oceania Electronic books.
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