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Coverbs and Complex Predicates in Wagiman
Stephen Wilson
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Description for Coverbs and Complex Predicates in Wagiman
Hardback. This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman. Series: CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2PB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 39.
Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by about ten people in the top end of the Northern Territory. It possesses an unusual open class of words which Wilson calls 'coverbs'. Coverbs are responsible for conveying a wide range of mostly verbal and adjectival meanings. They are most frequently paired with an inflecting verb from a closed class to form a complex predicate: the coverb and inflecting verb jointly determine the verbal semantics and argument structure of the clause. This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman, especially their role in complex predicate ... Read more
Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by about ten people in the top end of the Northern Territory. It possesses an unusual open class of words which Wilson calls 'coverbs'. Coverbs are responsible for conveying a wide range of mostly verbal and adjectival meanings. They are most frequently paired with an inflecting verb from a closed class to form a complex predicate: the coverb and inflecting verb jointly determine the verbal semantics and argument structure of the clause. This book provides a descriptive and analytical account of the behaviour of coverbs in Wagiman, especially their role in complex predicate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
Series
CSLI - Stanford Monographs in Linguistics
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575861739
SKU
V9781575861739
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