Serial Verbs in Oceanic: A Descriptive Typology

by Terry Crowley

This book describes the diversity of serial verb constructions within Oceanic languages. Serial verb constructions are sequences of verbs placed one after another to express meanings which in other languages are typically expressed by means of single verbs. It has long been established that West African, Southeast Asian and Papuan languages are serializing languages, but the construction has only comparatively recently been recognized in Oceanic languages,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198241356
• ISBN13: 9780198241355
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"