Three-place predicates in West African serializing languages

The widespread assumption that serializing languages use serial verb constructions (SVCs) to code three-participant situations and therefore lack three-place predicates and three-place mono-verbal constructions is shown not to be valid for West African serializing languages. Using Ewe (Gbe), Likpe (...

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Autor principal:	Felix K. Ameka
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Publicado:	LibraryPress@UF 2013
Materias:	serial verb constructions SVCs Ewe Likpe Akan valence Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c1623b65d3ca4ea09a0d9d5dd0f0539e2021-11-19T03:52:32ZThree-place predicates in West African serializing languages10.32473/sal.v42i1.1072730039-35332154-428Xhttps://doaj.org/article/c1623b65d3ca4ea09a0d9d5dd0f0539e2013-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.flvc.org/sal/article/view/107273https://doaj.org/toc/0039-3533https://doaj.org/toc/2154-428XThe widespread assumption that serializing languages use serial verb constructions (SVCs) to code three-participant situations and therefore lack three-place predicates and three-place mono-verbal constructions is shown not to be valid for West African serializing languages. Using Ewe (Gbe), Likpe (Na-Togo) and Akan (Tano) as exemplars, I demonstrate that these languages have trivalent predicates and various constructions in which a single verb hosts three arguments in a clause. The languages deploy three-place predicate, adpositional, SVC, and adnominal strategies to code three-participant situations. I argue that there are semantic differences between the various constructions. The hyper-transitivity of these languages might account for the presence of three-place predicate constructions.Felix K. AmekaLibraryPress@UFarticleserial verb constructionsSVCsEweLikpeAkanvalencePhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENFRStudies in African Linguistics, Vol 42, Iss 1 (2013)
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description	The widespread assumption that serializing languages use serial verb constructions (SVCs) to code three-participant situations and therefore lack three-place predicates and three-place mono-verbal constructions is shown not to be valid for West African serializing languages. Using Ewe (Gbe), Likpe (Na-Togo) and Akan (Tano) as exemplars, I demonstrate that these languages have trivalent predicates and various constructions in which a single verb hosts three arguments in a clause. The languages deploy three-place predicate, adpositional, SVC, and adnominal strategies to code three-participant situations. I argue that there are semantic differences between the various constructions. The hyper-transitivity of these languages might account for the presence of three-place predicate constructions.
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title	Three-place predicates in West African serializing languages
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Three-place predicates in West African serializing languages

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