Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo

This paper examines a category of compound verbs which features a particular kind of affix morpheme, with a view to determining the nature of the relation between this affix and other homophonous forms in the language which synchronically belong to different grammatical categories. In line with find...

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Autor principal:	Rebecca N. Agheyisi
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 1986
Materias:	compound verbs serial verb constructions SVCs Chinese Yoruba grammaticalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:8c599e1abdd547dda86056242c53e1152021-11-19T03:55:12ZVerb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo10.32473/sal.v17i3.1074830039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/8c599e1abdd547dda86056242c53e1151986-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107483https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThis paper examines a category of compound verbs which features a particular kind of affix morpheme, with a view to determining the nature of the relation between this affix and other homophonous forms in the language which synchronically belong to different grammatical categories. In line with findings from similar studies of serial verb constructions in languages such as Mandarin Chinese and Yoruba, we have shown through our Edo data not only that certain verbs undergo grammaticalization and lexical re-analysis historically in the context of serial constructions to become prepositional case markers and adverbs synchronically, but also that some of these grammaticalized forms do undergo further lexical reanalysis and semantic depletion and ultimately become incorporated as affixal morphemes in compound verbs.Rebecca N. AgheyisiLibraryPress@UFarticlecompound verbsserial verb constructionsSVCsChineseYorubagrammaticalizationPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 17, Iss 3 (1986)
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topic	compound verbs serial verb constructions SVCs Chinese Yoruba grammaticalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
spellingShingle	compound verbs serial verb constructions SVCs Chinese Yoruba grammaticalization Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Rebecca N. Agheyisi Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
description	This paper examines a category of compound verbs which features a particular kind of affix morpheme, with a view to determining the nature of the relation between this affix and other homophonous forms in the language which synchronically belong to different grammatical categories. In line with findings from similar studies of serial verb constructions in languages such as Mandarin Chinese and Yoruba, we have shown through our Edo data not only that certain verbs undergo grammaticalization and lexical re-analysis historically in the context of serial constructions to become prepositional case markers and adverbs synchronically, but also that some of these grammaticalized forms do undergo further lexical reanalysis and semantic depletion and ultimately become incorporated as affixal morphemes in compound verbs.
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author	Rebecca N. Agheyisi
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title	Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
title_short	Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
title_full	Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
title_fullStr	Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
title_full_unstemmed	Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo
title_sort	verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in edo
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Verb serialization and lexical reanalysis the case of compound verbs in Edo

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