Serial Constructions and Verb Compounding Evidence from Tariana (North Arawak)
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald | La Trobe University, Melbourne
Tariana, a North Arawak language from northwest Amazonia, has a complex system of serial verbs and a certain amount of verb compounding. Serial verbs in Tariana provide important evidence in favour of the existence of cross-linguistically valid defining properties of serial verbs. Verb serialisation and verb compounding are independent grammatical processes, each with a grammaticalisation path of its own, and with distinct functions. Their coexistence in one language is consistent with the principle of iconic motivation: the closer the elements are in surface structure, the more they are grammaticalised or lexicalised.
Published online: 13 March 2000
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23.3.02aik
https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.23.3.02aik
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