Auxiliary Verb Constructions (Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory)

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 13
List of tables......Page 14
List of abbreviations......Page 15
1.1 Sampling methodology......Page 20
1.2 Auxiliary verbs as understood in this volume......Page 23
1.3 Auxiliary verb constructions......Page 26
1.4 AVCs and other complex predicate types......Page 28
1.4.1 AVCs and serial verb constructions......Page 30
1.4.2 AVCs and verb/complement structures......Page 34
1.4.4 Other AUX-like elements......Page 35
1.5.1 Inflection......Page 37
1.5.2 Heads......Page 40
1.6 Brief history of the study of auxiliary verbs and AVCs......Page 46
1.7.1 TAM categories......Page 49
1.7.2 Negative polarity......Page 52
1.7.3 Voice......Page 53
1.7.4 Version and orientation/directionality......Page 54
1.8 Structure of the volume......Page 56
2.1 Formal subtypes of AUX-headed auxiliary verb constructions......Page 58
2.2 Infinitive forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 63
2.3 Nominalized forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 75
2.4 Gerund/converb forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 83
2.5 Participle forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 89
2.6 Tense-aspect-mood forms of lexical verbs in AUX-headed AVCs......Page 97
2.7 Other forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 101
2.7.1 Subordinate/dependent forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 102
2.7.2 Reduplicated forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 104
2.7.3 Switch reference forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 108
2.7.4 Connegative forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 110
2.7.5 Case-marked forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 114
2.7.6 Connective/conjunctive forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 119
2.7.7 Irrealis/subjunctive forms of lexical verbs in AVCs of the AUX-headed pattern......Page 120
2.8 Bare or unmarked forms of the lexical verb (Ø)......Page 121
Summary......Page 132
3.1 Subtypes of LEX-headed AVCs......Page 135
3.2 Reanalysed ‘clausal’ subject forms as LEX-headed AVCs......Page 150
3.3 Other patterns......Page 154
3.4 Dependency relations in LEX-headed AVCs......Page 157
3.5 Alternations between LEX-headed and other patterns......Page 160
Summary......Page 161
4.1.1 Doubled subject inflection......Page 163
4.1.2 Doubled subject and object inflection......Page 170
4.2 Doubled TAM inflection......Page 182
4.3 Doubled subject and TAM inflection......Page 186
4.4 Doubled negation......Page 192
4.5 Structural dependency and inflectional co-headedness in AVCs......Page 193
4.5.1 Doubled inflection with ‘dependent’ marked lexical verb......Page 194
4.5.2 Doubled inflection with ‘dependent’ marked auxiliary verb......Page 200
Summary......Page 201
5.1.1 Lexical verb in a negative form; Auxiliary verb marks subject and TAM......Page 202
5.1.2 Lexical verb marks object, Auxiliary verb marks subject......Page 209
5.1.3 Lexical verb marks TAM categories, Auxiliary verb marks subject (object)......Page 217
5.1.4 Lexical verb marks subject, Auxiliary verb marks TAM categories......Page 219
5.1.5 Lexical verb marks subject, TAM categories, Auxiliary verb marks negative......Page 222
5.1.6 Lexical verb marks subject, Auxiliary verb marks object......Page 224
5.1.7 Some other split patterns......Page 226
5.1.8 TAM splits......Page 229
5.1.9 Pseudo-split patterns......Page 232
5.1.10 Summary of split forms......Page 233
5.2.1 Categories marked on the Auxiliary verb plus doubled categories......Page 234
5.2.2 Some categories on lexical verb, others doubled......Page 240
5.2.3 Some categories on Auxiliary verb, some on Lexical verb, some doubled......Page 246
5.3 Dependency within split and split/doubled patterns......Page 261
Summary......Page 267
6.1 Fused AUX-headed AVCs......Page 268
6.2 Fused LEX-headed AVCs......Page 286
6.3 Fused doubled inflection in AVCs......Page 289
6.4 Fused split and fused split/doubled inflection in AVCs......Page 295
6.5 Fusing of subject/pronoun, TAM, polarity, and auxiliary in AVCs......Page 308
Summary......Page 320
Overview......Page 321
7.1 Serial verb constructions > AVCs......Page 322
7.1.1 Verbal outcomes of SVCs......Page 324
7.1.2 On nominal developments of SVCs......Page 336
7.2 Clause combining......Page 337
7.2.1 Verb + complement clause sequences......Page 339
7.2.2 Clause chaining and AVCs......Page 345
7.3 Semantic developments of AVCs: grammaticalization, event schema, etc......Page 351
7.3.1 Positional/postural event schemata......Page 360
7.3.2 Motion event schemata......Page 364
7.3.3 Action event schemata......Page 371
7.3.4 Change-of-state event schemata......Page 378
7.3.5 Location event schemata......Page 382
7.3.7 Complex event schemata......Page 384
7.5 Monophrasis and univerbation (syntactic and prosodic headedness revisited)......Page 392
7.6.1 Variation between dependent and non-dependent forms......Page 394
7.6.2 Variation between dependent forms......Page 395
7.6.3 Variation between fused and unfused forms......Page 396
7.6.4 Variation between inflectional patterns......Page 399
7.6.5 Grammaticalized variation: split paradigms......Page 403
7.6.6 Macro-variation on a micro-scale: pattern variability in one language......Page 406
Summary......Page 408
Appendix......Page 409
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