The Serial Verb Construction Parameter

by Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart

Overview

An investigation of the serial verb construction, this work engages central issues in syntactic theory-complex predicates, clausal architecture and syntactic variation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135726812
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2013
Series:	Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Osamuyimen Thompson Stewart teaches at the University of British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: In Search of Serial Verb Constructions 2. Two Types of SVC's Versus Covert Coordinations 3. Predicate Cleft and Event Quantification in SVC's and CC's 4. Double Objects and Object Sharing in SVCs 5. Comparatove Analysis of SVCs and CCs The Serial Verb Construction Parameter 7. Re-analysis of Serial verb Construction 8. SVC Consequences References Index

Editorial Reviews

Investigating the phenomenon in which two or more finite verbs, along with the complements, occur in a single clause without any form of coordination or subordination, Stewart (linguistics, U. of British Columbia) asks what types of this construction exist and how they can be distinguished from superficially similar ones within the same language and across different languages; and what parameter it is that allows a language like <`E>d<'o> to save such constructions but not English or French. CiP shows ISBN as 0-8153-3528-8. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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