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  • Abdul-Razak Sulemana
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Predication in African Languages
This chapter is in the book Predication in African Languages

Abstract

This paper discusses a set of constructions I call Reduced Complements (RCs). These are constructions where a verb directly follows another verb making them a subcategory of serial verb constructions (SVCs). Following an approach to restructuring where size reduction arises if not all domains of the clause are projected, I argue that RCs are projections of VP. Thus, RCs are VP complements.

Abstract

This paper discusses a set of constructions I call Reduced Complements (RCs). These are constructions where a verb directly follows another verb making them a subcategory of serial verb constructions (SVCs). Following an approach to restructuring where size reduction arises if not all domains of the clause are projected, I argue that RCs are projections of VP. Thus, RCs are VP complements.

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgement vii
  4. Foreword ix
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1. Fieldwork
  7. Chapter 1. Linguistic fieldwork as team science 20
  8. Section 2. Locative predication
  9. Chapter 2. Locative expressions and their semantic extensions in Tima 44
  10. Chapter 3. A comparative study of the basic locative construction in Gurenɛ, Asante-Twi, and Tongugbe 74
  11. Chapter 4. Adposition classes in Tafi and Sɛlɛɛ 99
  12. Chapter 5. Moving from verbs to prepositions in Gbe 128
  13. Section 3. Tense, aspect, mood and serialization
  14. Chapter 6. Lost siblings 154
  15. Chapter 7. The eventive functional sequence 189
  16. Chapter 8. Reduced complements 222
  17. Section 4. Verb semantics
  18. Chapter 9. Caused accompanied motion in a direction 238
  19. Chapter 10. From injecting to planting 263
  20. Section 5. Nominalization
  21. Chapter 11. Constructions with verbal nouns in Iraqw 286
  22. Chapter 12. Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã 314
  23. Author index 339
  24. Language index 341
  25. Subject index 343
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.235.08sul

Chapters in this book

  1. 日本言語政策学会 / Japan Association for Language Policy. 言語政策 / Language Policy 10. 2014 i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Acknowledgement vii
  4. Foreword ix
  5. Introduction 1
  6. Section 1. Fieldwork
  7. Chapter 1. Linguistic fieldwork as team science 20
  8. Section 2. Locative predication
  9. Chapter 2. Locative expressions and their semantic extensions in Tima 44
  10. Chapter 3. A comparative study of the basic locative construction in Gurenɛ, Asante-Twi, and Tongugbe 74
  11. Chapter 4. Adposition classes in Tafi and Sɛlɛɛ 99
  12. Chapter 5. Moving from verbs to prepositions in Gbe 128
  13. Section 3. Tense, aspect, mood and serialization
  14. Chapter 6. Lost siblings 154
  15. Chapter 7. The eventive functional sequence 189
  16. Chapter 8. Reduced complements 222
  17. Section 4. Verb semantics
  18. Chapter 9. Caused accompanied motion in a direction 238
  19. Chapter 10. From injecting to planting 263
  20. Section 5. Nominalization
  21. Chapter 11. Constructions with verbal nouns in Iraqw 286
  22. Chapter 12. Remarks on nominalised adjectives in Gã 314
  23. Author index 339
  24. Language index 341
  25. Subject index 343
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