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Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages - Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness (Hardcover)
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Complex Predicates in Oceanic Languages - Studies in the Dynamics of Binding and Boundness (Hardcover)
Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]
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Serial verbs and complex predicates have a long history of
research, yet there is comparatively little documentation on
Oceanic languages. This volume presents new data for further
typological studies. While previous research on serial verbs in
Oceanic languages was mostly devoted to "core" serial constructions
(with non-contiguous sV(o)sV(o) nuclei), this volume contributes a
more detailed investigation of the "nuclear" type of complex
predicates involving contiguous sVV(o) nuclei. Complex predicates
of the form VV may correspond to two different syntactic
structures, either co-ranking or hierarchized (head-modifier).
Though the VV pattern does evidence a tendency towards structural
compression, often entailing the fusion of the argument structures
of two or more nuclei, yet it cannot be reduced to cases of
co-lexicalization, compounding or grammaticalization. The data also
show the "nuclear" type to be compatible with all types of basic
word orders (VSO, VOS, SVO, SOV), with no evidence that this
results from any word order change. This challenges the claim that
"nuclear" serialization correlates with verb-final order, and
"core" serialization with verb-medial order.
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