Abstract
This paper discusses the classification of verbal constructions in Malto based on functions expressed through the co-occurrence of verb words at various levels within clauses. Multi-verb constructions in Malto are discussed within the framework of the theories of juncture and nexus proposed by Van Valin, Robert D, and Randy J LaPolla. 1997. Syntax: Structure, Meaning and Function. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. The functional classes of multi-verb constructions in Malto discussed in this paper include explicator compound verbs, conjunctive participle constructions, and reduplicated verbs. Rank-defining properties where the inflectional properties relate to the concept of finiteness in verbs are compared with rank shift in Malto. This includes several possibilities such as two clauses coalescing into a single core, category change where nominals are derived from verbs by attaching a nominaliser, or verbs functioning as adverbials by virtue of their position relative to a finite verb.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Complex predicates in South Asian languages: An introduction
- On the formation of complex predicates in Bengali
- Complex predicates in Betta Kurumba
- Multi-verb constructions in Malto
- Book Reviews
- Pritha Chandra Richa Srishti: The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages. (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today; 209)
- Eystein Dahl Krzysztof Stroński: Indo-Aryan ergativity in typological and diachronic perspective (Typological studies in language 112)
- Uta Reinöhl: Grammaticalization and the rise of configurationality in Indo-Aryan (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics 20)
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Articles
- Complex predicates in South Asian languages: An introduction
- On the formation of complex predicates in Bengali
- Complex predicates in Betta Kurumba
- Multi-verb constructions in Malto
- Book Reviews
- Pritha Chandra Richa Srishti: The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages. (Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today; 209)
- Eystein Dahl Krzysztof Stroński: Indo-Aryan ergativity in typological and diachronic perspective (Typological studies in language 112)
- Uta Reinöhl: Grammaticalization and the rise of configurationality in Indo-Aryan (Oxford Studies in Diachronic and Historical Linguistics 20)