- Title
- Complex predicate formation
- Creator
- Baker, Brett; Harvey, Mark
- Relation
- Complex Predicates: Cross-Linguistic Perspectives On Event Structure p. 13-47
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511712234.003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2010
- Description
- The term ‘complex predicate’ has a wide usage, including, for example, serial verb constructions, light verb constructions, and particle + verb constructions, among others. An examination of the data provided by analysts in their discussions of complex predicates shows that monoclausality is the critical factor in determining whether a construction involves a complex predicate or not. Complex predicates are monoclausal structures involving two or more predicating morphemes.
- Subject
- complex predicates; serial verb constructions; light verb constructions; monoclausality
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/923789
- Identifier
- uon:9821
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780511712234
- Rights
- © Cambridge University Press. Reprinted with permission
- Language
- eng
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