Everything about Coverb
Grammatical construct resembling a verb
A coverb is a word or prefix that resembles a verb or co-operates with a verb. In languages that use serial verb constructions, coverbs are a type of word that shares features of verbs and prepositions. A coverb takes an object or complement and forms a phrase that appears in sequence with another verb phrase in accordance with the serial construction. A coverb appears to be subordinate to a main verb and fulfills a function similar to that of a preposition. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Crosslinguistic perspectives on argument structureThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Zhu, Yongping. Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002. - A Study of the Historical Development of Chinese Coverbs, with Special Reference to the Grammaticalization of the Coverb JI. UnM: AAT 3047676.Cited 0 times
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Noun Any of a class of words in various languages including Chinese and Hungarian whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions, and postpositions of other languages.
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📚 Books worth reading
Crosslinguistic perspectives on argument structureMelissa Bowerman, Penelope Brown · 2007
Be a survivorChris Oxlade, Eva Sassin · 2015
Coverbal Synchrony in Human-Machine InteractionMatej Rojc, Nick Campbell · 2013- 📕Contribution à l'analyse du syntagme verbalGérard-Raymond Roy · 1976
- 📕湖南方言的介词 = Coverbs in Hunan dialectsYunji Wu · 1998
- 📕Wonder 13 Cover-BLint Hatcher · 2021
Co-verbs in spoken ChineseRoland Chiang-jen Chang · 1977
Coverbs and case in VietnameseMarybeth Clark · 1978
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