9781107672512-1107672511-Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure

Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure

ISBN-13: 9781107672512
ISBN-10: 1107672511
Edition: Reprint
Author: Mark Harvey, Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 332 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781107672512
ISBN-10: 1107672511
Edition: Reprint
Author: Mark Harvey, Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 332 pages

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Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure (ISBN-13: 9781107672512 and ISBN-10: 1107672511), written by authors Mark Harvey, Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Grammar (Words, Language & Grammar ) books. You can easily purchase or rent Complex Predicates: Cross-linguistic Perspectives on Event Structure (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Grammar books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Complex predicates are multipredicational, but monoclausal structures. They have proven problematic for linguistic theory, particularly for proposed distinctions between the lexicon, morphology, and syntax. This volume focuses on the mapping from morphosyntactic structures to event structure, and in particular the constraints on possible mappings. The volume showcases the 'coverb construction', a complex predicate construction which, though widespread, has received little attention in the literature. The coverb construction contrasts with more familiar serial verb constructions. The coverb construction generally maps only to event structures like those of monomorphemic verbs, whereas serial verb constructions map to a range of event structures differing from those of monomorphemic verbs. The volume coverage is truly cross-linguistic, including languages from Australia, Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, East Africa and North America. The volume establishes a new arena of research in event structure, syntax, and cross-linguistic typology.

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