Serial Verbs

by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

Book Overview

This book provides an in-depth typological account of the forms, functions, and histories of serial verb constructions. Serial verbs, in which several verbs combine to form a single predicate, describe what is conceptualized as a single event. The verbs in the construction have the same tense, aspect, mood, modality, and evidentiality values, cannot be negated or questioned separately, and usually share the same subject and object. They are a powerful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192855778
• ISBN13: 9780192855770
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"