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

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  • ISBN: 9789004194670 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9004194673 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 313 p.) : ill.
  • Publisher: Leiden ; Brill, 2011.

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General Note:
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Multi-User.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:
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
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Indians of South America > Languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Verb.
Indians of North America > Languages.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Indians of North America > Languages > Grammar.
Indians of North America > Languages.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Coordinate constructions.
Indians of South America > Languages > Grammar.
Indians of South America > Languages.
Indians of South America > Languages > Grammar.
Indians of North America > Languages > Grammar.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Coordinate constructions.
Genre: Electronic books.

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