Coverbs and Complex Predicates in Wagiman

by Stephen Wilson

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Wagiman is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by about ten people in the top end of the Northern Territory. It possesses an unusual open class of words which Wilson calls 'coverbs'. Coverbs are responsible for conveying a wide range of mostly verbal and adjectival meanings. They are most frequently paired with an inflecting verb from a closed class to form a complex predicate: the coverb and inflecting verb jointly determine the verbal semantics...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1575861720

ISBN13:9781575861722

Release Date:June 1999

Publisher:Center for the Study of Language and Informat

Length:190 Pages

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