Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. i-iv i
2. Contents v
3. List of Contributors vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Complex nuclei in Oceanic languages: Contribution to an areal typology 1
6. What do we really know about serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages? 49
7. Core-layer junctures in Saliba 65
8. Serial and complex verb constructions in Teop 89
9. Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of Mwotlap 107
10. Serial and compound verbs in Anejom̃ 145
11. Complex verbs and dependency strategies in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia) 167
12. Complex predicate constructions in East Uvean (Wallis) 199
13. Serial verbs and complex constructions in Pileni 225
14. Complex predicates in Tahitian: A particular case of qualitative modification 251
15. Complex predicates and Juxtapositional Constructions in Samoan 263
16. The grammaticization of directional verbs in Oceanic languages 297
17. The evolution of the verb ‘take’ in New Caledonian languages 331
18. Verbal compounds and lexical prefixes in the languages of New Caledonia 347
19. References 373
20. Index 397