17 The Auxiliary, copula clauses and light verbs
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Bruno Olsson
Abstract
The first three sections of this chapter provide general information about the most frequent verb in Coastal Marind, the Auxiliary (§17.1, §17.2 and §17.3). The fourth section describes copula clauses, which differ from other clauses in the language in that the verb complex may lack a verb stem (§17.4). The last section describes four common verbs that I call ‘light verbs’ (§17.5).
Abstract
The first three sections of this chapter provide general information about the most frequent verb in Coastal Marind, the Auxiliary (§17.1, §17.2 and §17.3). The fourth section describes copula clauses, which differ from other clauses in the language in that the verb complex may lack a verb stem (§17.4). The last section describes four common verbs that I call ‘light verbs’ (§17.5).
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- List of maps, tables and figures XVII
- Abbreviations and conventions XXI
- 1 Preliminaries 1
- 2 Phonology 24
- 3 Nominals, their morphology and derivation 48
- 4 Pronouns and demonstratives 84
- 5 Nominal gender 101
- 6 Adpositions and particles 120
- 7 The syntax of phrases 146
- 8 Overview of the verb 172
- 9 Participant indexing I: The Actor, Dative and Genitive prefixes 187
- 10 Participant indexing II: Undergoer alternations 221
- 11 The system of Verb Orientation 253
- 12 Valence classes 297
- 13 Valence-changing constructions 319
- 14 Tense and aspect 354
- 15 Mood, attitude and engagement 396
- 16 Distribution of events in time and space 423
- 17 The Auxiliary, copula clauses and light verbs 452
- 18 Basic clausal syntax 479
- 19 Non-declarative speech acts 500
- 20 Combinations of clauses 522
- Appendix: Texts 552
- Bibliography 573
- Index 585
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgements V
- Contents VII
- List of maps, tables and figures XVII
- Abbreviations and conventions XXI
- 1 Preliminaries 1
- 2 Phonology 24
- 3 Nominals, their morphology and derivation 48
- 4 Pronouns and demonstratives 84
- 5 Nominal gender 101
- 6 Adpositions and particles 120
- 7 The syntax of phrases 146
- 8 Overview of the verb 172
- 9 Participant indexing I: The Actor, Dative and Genitive prefixes 187
- 10 Participant indexing II: Undergoer alternations 221
- 11 The system of Verb Orientation 253
- 12 Valence classes 297
- 13 Valence-changing constructions 319
- 14 Tense and aspect 354
- 15 Mood, attitude and engagement 396
- 16 Distribution of events in time and space 423
- 17 The Auxiliary, copula clauses and light verbs 452
- 18 Basic clausal syntax 479
- 19 Non-declarative speech acts 500
- 20 Combinations of clauses 522
- Appendix: Texts 552
- Bibliography 573
- Index 585
