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Title

Multi-verb constructions : a view from the Americas / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Pieter C. Muysken with the assistance of Joshua Birchall.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
• Muysken, Pieter
• Birchall, Joshua.

Description

xx, 313 p. : map; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 3

Uniform Title

Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas v. 3.

Subject

• Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb
• Indians of South America > Grammar
• Indians of North America > Grammar
• Indians of South America > Languages
• Indians of North America > Languages
• Grammar, Comparative and general > Coordinate constructions

Note

• "This volume evolved out of a one-day workshop ... conducted by the editors on 20 October 2008"--P. [vii].

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface; Language Map; List of Abbreviations; About the Contributors; Multi-verb Constructions: Setting the Scene; Dimensions of Northern Paiute Multi-verb Constructions; Lexical, quasi-inflectional, and inflectional compounding in Upper Necaxa Totonac; The Grammar of Teribe Verb Serialization in a Cross-Chibchan Perspective; Multi-verb Constructions in Ecuadorian Quechua; Desiderative Verb Sequences in Uchumataqu; Multi-verb Predicates and Transitivity Harmony in Shipibo-Konibo; 'Derivational Verbs' and Other Multi-verb Constructions in Aweti and Tupi-Guarani.

ISBN

• 9789004194526 (alk. paper)
• 9004194525 (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010042550

OCLC

669269905

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library