The Syntax of Serial Verbs
An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 1987
XV, 218 pages
978-90-272-7902-6 (ISBN)
Description
This monograph is about the chains of verbs commonly found in Creole Languages, West African languages, in particular the Kwa sub-group of Niger-Congo, Chinese and certain other languages and have acquired the name of 'serial verbs' in the literature. As a case study, the serial constructions of Sranan, a creole language of Surinam with an English lexical base, are examined in detail.
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The Syntax of Serial Verbs
An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages
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Content
- THE SYNTAX OF SERIAL VERBS
- Editorial Page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- A NOTE ON THE TEXT
- NOTE ON THE SRANAN DATA
- ABSTRACT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- Table of contents
- CHAPTER 1: IN SEARCH OF SERIAL VERBS
- 1. INTRODUCTION.
- 2. PROBLEMS OF DESCRIPTION
- 3. PREVIOUS WRITERS' ANALYSES OF "SERIALISATION
- 3.1 Christaller
- 3.2 Westermann
- 3.3 Stewart: The First Transformational Analysis
- 3.4 Ansre
- 3.5 Stahlke
- 3.6 Bamgbose
- 3.7 Schachter
- 3.8 Williams
- 3.9 Voorhoeve
- 3.10 Jansen, Koopman And Muysken
- 3.11 Lightfoot
- 3.12 Oyelaran
- 3.13 Chinese Serial Verbs: Li And Thompson
- 3.14 Alternatives To Li And Thompson: Lu And See Gebauer
- 4. CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2: SERIAL VERBS IN SRANAN
- 1. SERIAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN SRANAN
- 2. MORE SRANAN SERIAL VERBS
- 1. kaba
- 2. gi
- 3. moro
- 4. pasa
- 5. taki
- 6. meki
- 7. go and kon
- 8. teki
- 3. CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER 3: THE SYNTAX OF SERIALISATION
- 1. DISTINGUISHING SERIAL VERBS FROM OTHER STRUCTURES
- 1.1 "Implicative Verbs
- 1.2 "Control Verbs
- 1.3 Other Complement-taking Verbs
- 1.4 Coordinate Sentences, Verb Phrases, And Verb Conjoining
- 1.4.1 Coordinate Sentences And Verb Phrases
- 1.4.2 Verb Conjoining
- 1.5 Purpose Clauses
- 1.6 Factitives
- 1.7 Conclusion
- 2. THE SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF SERIALISATION
- 2.1
- 2.2 Serialisation: Coordinate Or Subordinate?
- 2.3 Subordinating Serial Constructions
- 3. A POSSIBLE SEMANTIC ANALYSIS FOR SERIAL VERBS
- 4. CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4: SERIAL VERBS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 Akan (Twi/Fanti)
- 1.2 Anyi-Baule
- 1.3 Yoruba
- 1.4 Ijq (Izon)
- 1.5 Saramaccan
- 1.6 Papiamentu
- 1.7 Mandarin
- 2. "COORDINATE" AND "SUBORDINATE" STRUCTURES
- 2.1 Akan (Twi/Fanti)
- 2.2 Anyi-Baule
- 2.3 Yoruba
- 2.4 Ijo
- 2.5 Saramaccan
- 2.6 Papiamentu
- 2.7 Mandarin
- 3. "TAKE" CONSTRUCTIONS
- 3.1 Akan
- 3.2 Anyi-Baule
- 3.3 Yoruba
- 3.4 Ijo
- 3.5 Saramaccan
- 3.6 Papiamentu
- 3.7 Mandarin
- 4. GIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
- 4.1 Akan
- 4.2 Anyi-Baule
- 4.3 Yoruba
- 4.4 Ijo
- 4.5 Saramaccan
- 4.6 Papiamentu
- 4.7 Mandarin
- 5. OTHER THREE-PLACE VERBS AND SIMILAR "RELATIONAL" CONSTRUCTIONS
- 5.1 Akan
- 5.2 Ijo
- 5.3 Saramaccan
- 6. GO, COME AND OTHER MOTION VERBS
- 6.1 Akan
- 6.2 Yoruba
- 6.3 Ijo
- 6.4 Saramaccan
- 6.5 Papiamentu
- 6.6 Mandarin
- 7. "DOUBLE-GO" CONSTRUCTIONS
- 7.1 Akan
- 7.2 Saramaccan
- 7.3 Papiamentu
- 7.4 Mandarin
- 8. LEXICAL IDIOMS
- 8.1 Akan
- 8.2 Anyi-Baule
- 8.3 Yoruba
- 8.4 Saramaccan
- 8.5 Papiamentu
- 8.6 Mandarin
- 9. COMPARATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
- 9.1 Akan
- 9.2 Yoruba
- 9.3 Ijo
- 9.4 Saramaccan
- 9.5 Mandarin
- 10. OTHER FUNCTIONAL SERIAL VERBS
- 11. CONCLUSION
- FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION
- 1. SERIAL VERBS ARE REAL
- 2. UNIVERSALS VERSUS SUBSTRATE
- 3. SERIAL VERBS AS ARGUMENT-EXPANDERS
- 4. SERIAL VERBS AS LEXICON-EXPANDERS
- 5. TO CONCLUDE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
