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The diachrony of complex predicates

Bowern, Claire

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While complex predicate constructions, including light verb structures and verb serialisation, are found in many of the world's languages, there has been little diachronic work on these structures to date. In this paper I survey the state of the field and describe current ideas on the origins and development of complex predicates. In particular, I show that the assumption of cline-like development from parataxis to affix (through serialisation, light verbs and auxiliation) is too simplistic....[Show more]

CollectionsANU Research Publications
Date published: 2008
Type: Journal article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/37343
Source: Diachronica
DOI: 10.1075/dia.25.2.03bow

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