Serial Verbs in Finnish

Serial verb construction (SVC) phenomena pose challenges to descriptivists and theoreticians alike (Newmayer 2004, Aikhenvald & Dixon 2006, among many others). One recurring question is whether SVC is a language specific characteristic (cf. Stewart 2001) or whether it is a universally availa...

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Main Authors: Solveiga Armoskaite, Päivi Koskinen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dartmouth College Library 2014-01-01
Series:Linguistic Discovery
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.438