Introduction to the volume

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Abbreviations
4. Introduction to the volume 1
5. Light verb constructions in Scottish Gaelic 27
6. The derivation of the light verb construction in Aheli 63
7. Light verbs and aspectual semi-auxiliaries in Gĩkũyũ 87
8. Beyond bidirectional association: Distinguishing light verb constructions from other conventionalised noun-verb combinations in modern Tibetan 117
9. Complex verbs in Kina Rutul (Nakh-Daghestanian) 147
10. Italian light verb constructions and definiteness 175
11. To come into bloom: On the emergence of light verb constructions in Old West Norse 205
12. Index