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Author:   Isabelle Bril ,  Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre
Publisher:   De Gruyter
Imprint:   De Gruyter Mouton
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.713kg
ISBN:  

9783110181883

ISBN 10:   3110181886
Pages:   409
Publication Date:   26 July 2004
Recommended Age:   College Graduate Student
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Contributors Introduction Complex nuclei in Oceanic languages: contribution to an areal typology Isabelle Bril · What do we really know about serial verb constructions in Austronesian and Papuan languages? Gunter Senft · Core-layer junctures in Saliba (Saliba Island, Milne Bay province of Papua New Guinea) Anna Margetts · Serial and Complex Verb Constructions in Teop (North Bougainville) Jessika Reinig · Chains of freedom: Constraints and creativity in the macro-verb strategies of Mwotlap (Vanuatu) Alexandre François · Serial and compound verbs in Anejoü (Vanuatu) John Lynch · Complex verb constructions and dependency-marking strategies in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia) Isabelle Bril · Complex predicate constructions in East Uvean (Wallis) Claire Moyse-Faurie · Serial verbs and complex constructions in Pileni (Solomon Islands): Åshild Næss · Complex predicates in Tahitian: a particular case of qualitative modification Mirose Paia and Jacques Vernaudon · Complex predicates and Juxtapositional Constructions in Samoan Ulrike Mosel · The grammaticization of directional verbs in Oceanic languages Malcolm Ross ·The evolution of the verb 'take' in New Caledonian languages Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre · Verbal compounds and lexical prefixes in the languages of New Caledonia Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre and Jean-Claude Rivierre References Index

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Isabelle Bril and Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre are Researchers at the LACITO-CNRS in Villejuif, France.

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