The Syntax of Serial Verbs (Creole Language Library) - Hardcover

Sebba, Mark

 
9789027252227: The Syntax of Serial Verbs (Creole Language Library)

Synopsis

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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9780915027958: The Syntax of Serial Verbs: An investigation into serialisation in Sranan and other languages (Creole Language Library)

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ISBN 10:  091502795X ISBN 13:  9780915027958
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1987
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