This volume is the first to present a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes in Asian languages from both a synchronic and diachronic perspective. Many Asian languages share, to a greater or lesser extent, a unique class of compound verbs consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary verb known as a 'vector' or 'explicator'. These quasi-auxiliary verbs exhibit unique grammatical behaviour that suggests that they have an intermediate status between full lexical verbs and wholly reduced auxiliaries. They are also semantically unique, in that when they are combined with main verbs, they can convey a rich variety of functional meanings beyond the traditional notions of tense, aspect, and modality, such as manner and intensity of action, benefaction for speaker or hearer, and polite or derogatory styles in speech. In this book, leading specialists in a range of Asian languages offer an in-depth analysis of the long-standing questions relating to the diachrony and geographical distribution of verb-verb complexes. The findings have implications for the general understanding of the grammaticalization of verb categories, complex predicate formation, aktionsart and event semantics, the morphology-syntax-semantics interface, areal linguistics, and typology.
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PART I LANGUAGES OF EAST ASIA |
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2 Between lexical verbs and auxiliaries: The architecture of Japanese verb-verb complexes |
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3 Verb verb complex predicates in Old and Middle Japanese |
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4 Grammaticalization and constructionalization in Japanese lexical compound verbs |
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5 Syntactic verb-verb compounds in Japanese |
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6 The semantic differentiation of verb-re verb complexes and verb-verb compounds in Japanese |
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7 Verb-verb complexes in Irabu Ryukyuan |
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8 Korean verb-verb sequences |
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PART II LANGUAGES OF SOUTH ASIA |
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9 Classification of complex verbs and the evolution of the compound verb in Marathi |
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10 Development of verb-verb complexes in Indo-Aryan |
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11 The Hindi-Urdu compound verb and its covert semantics: Births, earthquakes, meteors, and other autogenous expressions |
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12 The matrix of verb-verb sequences in Tamil |
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13 Verb + verb sequences in Dravidian |
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14 Semantically related verb verb combinations in Tibetan and Ladakhi: 1300 years of stable transition |
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PART III LANGUAGES OF CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST ASIA |
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15 Verb-verb complexes in Turkic languages: Interaction of lexical and delexicalized verbs |
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16 Verb-verb complexes in Central and Eastern Turkic languages |
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17 Turkish and Uyghur verb-verb complexes in contrast |
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18 Verb-verb complexes in Avar |
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PART IV LANGUAGES OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA |
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19 Verbal complexes in Thai |
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20 Verb-verb sequences in Mandarin and Hindi-Urdu |
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| References |
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| Index of languages |
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Taro Kageyama is Professor Emeritus at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, where he was Director General from 2009-2017, and a former President of the Linguistic Society of Japan. He is the author or (co-)editor of about 40 books in the fields of word formation, morphology, lexical semantics, and syntax, with special reference to Japanese and English, including Handbook of Japanese Lexicon and Word Formation (De Gruyter, 2016) and Handbook of Japanese Contrastive Linguistics (De Gruyter, 2018).
Peter E. Hook is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His research primarily explores the syntax, semantics, and grammaticalization of compound verbs and other grammatical phenomena in Hindi-Urdu and other Indo-Aryan languages and dialects. His publications include articles in journals such as Linguistics, Yearbook of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, and South Asia Yearbook.
Prashant Pardeshi is a Professor in the Division of Linguistic Theory and Typology at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics. He is interested in functional linguistic typology, comparative studies between Japanese and Indian languages, Japanese language pedagogy, and lexicography. He has published numerous articles in edited volumes and international journals such as Linguistics, Journal of Japanese Linguistics, and Acta Linguistica Asiatica.
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