TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nash,Léa
AU  - Samvelian,Pollet
TI  - Approaches to Complex Predicates
T2  - Syntax and Semantics Series
SN  - 9789004307094
AV  - P281 .A677 2016 
U1  - 415/.6 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general-Verb phrase
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general-Syntax
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Approaches to Complex Predicates (Nash and Samvelian) -- Chapter 2. From Adpositions to Events: The Case of Location Verbs in Basque (Berro) -- Chapter 3. Univerbation of Light Verb Compounds and the Obligatory Coding Principle (Creissels) -- Chapter 4. Variation and Grammaticalisation in Bantu Complex Verbal Constructions: The Dynamics of Information Growth in Swahili, Rangi and SiSwati (Gibson and Marten) -- Chapter 5. Tuning in to the Verb-Particle Construction in English (Goldberg) -- Chapter 6. Noun-Verb Complex Predicates in Hindi and the Rise of Non-Canonical Subjects (Montaut) -- Chapter 7. Malayalam Ceyy-Support and Its Relation to Event and Argument Structure (Paul) -- Chapter 8. Complex Predicates as Complementation Structures (Svenonius) -- Chapter 9. Complex Predicate Formation via Voice Incorporation (Wurmbrand) -- Index
N2  - Complex predicates can be loosely defined as a sequence of items that behave as a single predicate, projecting a single argument structure within a clause. Each of the members of the predicate contributes part of the information ordinarily associated with a single head. The present volume presents a collection of theoretical linguistic results on the study of complex predicates in different perspectives and with a variety of approaches
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