Auxiliary verb constructions

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Auxiliary verb constructions

Gregory D.S. Anderson

（Oxford studies in typology and linguistic theory）（Oxford linguistics）

Oxford University Press, 2009, c2006

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"First published 2006. First published in paperback 2009"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-458) and indexes

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Description

This is the most comprehensive survey ever published of auxiliary verb constructions (as in, for example, 'he could have been going to drink it' and 'she does eat cheese'). Drawing on a database of over 800 languages Dr Anderson examines their morphosyntactic forms and semantic roles, and investigates and explains the historical changes leading to the cross-linguistic diversity of inflectional patterns. He presents his results within a new typological framework. The book's impressive range includes data on variation within and across languages and language families. In addition to examining languages in Africa, Europe, and Asia the author presents analyses of languages in Australasia and the Pacific and in North, South, and Meso-America. In doing so he reveals much that is new about the language families of the world and makes an important contribution to the understanding of their nature and evolution. His book will interest scholars and researchers in language typology, historical and comparative linguistics, syntax, and morphology.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Auxiliaries and Auxiliary Verb Constructions
  • 2. AUX-headed Constructions
  • 3. LEX-headed Auxiliary Verb Constructions
  • 4. Doubled Inflection
  • 5. Split and Split/Doubled Inflectional Patterns
  • 6. Complex Verb Forms from Fused Auxiliary Verb Constructions
  • 7. The Origins of patterns of Inflection in Auxiliary Verb Constructions
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Subject Index
  • Language Index

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