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Verb-verb complexes in Asian languages /

This volume is the first to present a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes - compounds consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary - in Asian languages. Leading specialists offer an in-depth analysis of the diachrony and geographical distribution of these constructions in a wide...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kageyama, Tarō, 1949- (Editor), Hook, Peter Edwin (Editor), Parudeshi, Purashanto, 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford linguistics.
Subjects:
Asia > Languages > Verb phrase.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax.
Asie > Langues > Syntagme verbal.
Syntaxe.
Linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
Historical & Comparative.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Asia
Electronic books.
Essays.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume is the first to present a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes - compounds consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary - in Asian languages. Leading specialists offer an in-depth analysis of the diachrony and geographical distribution of these constructions in a wide range of Asian languages.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191077432
0191077437