Approaches to complex predicates / / edited by Léa Nash, Pollet Samvelian.
Complex predicates can be loosely defined as a sequence of items that behave as a single predicate, projecting a single argument structure within a clause. Each of the members of the predicate contributes part of the information ordinarily associated with a single head. The present volume presents a...
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| Superior document: | Syntax & Semantics, Volume 41 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Syntax and semantics ;
Volume 41. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter / Léa Nash and Pollet Samvelian
- Introduction: Approaches to Complex Predicates / Léa Nash and Pollet Samvelian
- From Adpositions to Events: The Case of Location Verbs in Basque / Ane Berro
- Univerbation of Light Verb Compounds and the Obligatory Coding Principle / Denis Creissels
- Variation and Grammaticalisation in Bantu Complex Verbal Constructions: The Dynamics of Information Growth in Swahili, Rangi and SiSwati / Hannah Gibson and Lutz Marten
- Tuning in to the Verb-Particle Construction in English / Adele E. Goldberg
- Noun-Verb Complex Predicates in Hindi and the Rise of Non-Canonical Subjects / Annie Montaut
- Malayalam Ceyy-Support and Its Relation to Event and Argument Structure / Pooja Paul
- Complex Predicates as Complementation Structures / Peter Svenonius
- Complex Predicate Formation via Voice Incorporation / Susanne Wurmbrand
- Index / Léa Nash and Pollet Samvelian.