Serial Verb Constructions

Serial Verb Constructions
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 394
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ISBN-10 : 9780199279159
ISBN-13 : 0199279152
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Book Synopsis Serial Verb Constructions by : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd

Download or read book Serial Verb Constructions written by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A serial verb construction is a sequence of verbs which acts together as one. This oustanding book is the first to study the phenomenon across languages of different typological and genetic profiles. The authors, all experienced linguistic fieldworkers, follow a unified typological approach and avoid formalisms.


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