test_moissonnage_selune
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Complex verbs and dependency strategies in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia)
type: Dataset
contact point: Organization
  fn: CCSD
keyword: langues-oceaniennes
keyword: infoeu-reposemanticsbookpart
keyword: nelemwa
keyword: book-sections
keyword: shslanguehumanities-and-social-scienceslinguistics
keyword: complex-predicates
landing page: Studies in the dynamics of binding and boundness
description: This paper analyses the various types of serial and complex verbs and the criteria that help restrict this phenomenon in Nêlêmwa. Complex verbs belong to three main types involving various types of verb and different hierarchies: (i) time-iconic, co-ranking active verbs; (ii) asymmetric verbs expressing adverbial modification or aspectual and modal specification; (iii) semi-grammaticalized verb strings with argument-expanding or conjunctive functions. This paper also investigates the role of complex verbs in a typology of clause-linkage and assesses the syntactic, semantic and discourse differences between one-clause and multi-clause strategies: i.e. between complex verbs and syndetic or asyndetic coordinate or subordinate VPs and clauses. It also assesses the semantic notions which are conceptualized as complex predicates rather than as interdependent clauses.
issued: 2026-05-10T18:51:59.730316
language: en
modified: 2026-05-10T18:51:59.730321

Complex verbs and dependency strategies in Nêlêmwa (New Caledonia)
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access URL: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-00006154
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issued: 2026-05-10T18:51:59.734038
modified: 2026-05-10T18:51:59.722356