Secondary concepts and internal dynamics of Emai Serial Verb Constructions

IF 0.4 Q4 LINGUISTICS Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus-SPiL Plus Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.5842/65-1-976
R. P. Schaefer, F. Egbokhare
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We examine verbs in series as they relate to Dixon’s (1991, 2010) notion of secondary concepts. Our verb samples and their structures derive from an Edoid language of southern Nigeria. Emai shows asymmetrical and symmetrical serial verb constructions. However, our analytic concern is the differential realization of secondary concepts according to form class. Most verbs that realize secondary concepts appear in A-SVCs as a minor component. Some verbs that code secondary concepts shun serialization and generally take complements that are clausal, truncated, or obliquely marked gerundives. Other form classes expressing secondary concepts are preverb and particle. Members reveal a verb heritage that is either lexical or phrasal. Even a few nouns convey secondary concepts. Auxiliaries, while referencing secondary concepts, do not disclose a verb heritage. Secondary concepts in A-SVCs reveal an asymmetry as occupants of positions V1 or V2 in series. V1 manifests event and participant qualifiers, whereas V2 exhibits primarily event qualifiers. Both positions also evidence serial-within-serial structures. Overall, secondary concepts only partially align with Emai verbs in series. Since a significant number of preverbs and particles actualize secondary concepts and have a verb heritage, we assume they have grammaticalized from earlier verb-in-series structures. Furthermore, we hypothesize that the pre-verbstem position in the canonical simplex clause of Emai has had a privileged role in the emergence of secondary concepts as preverbs from verbs in series and in the continual development of serialization as an expressive means for event and participant qualifiers.
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Emai连词动词结构的次级概念与内在动力
我们检查动词系列,因为他们涉及到迪克森(1991年,2010年)的第二概念的概念。我们的动词样本及其结构源自尼日利亚南部的一种Edoid语。电子邮件显示了不对称和对称的连续动词结构。然而,我们的分析关注的是二级概念按形式类的差异实现。大多数实现次要概念的动词作为次要组件出现在a - svc中。一些对次要概念进行编码的动词避免序列化,通常使用子句式、截断式或间接标记为动名词的补语。其他表示次要概念的形式类是先行词和助词。成员显示动词继承,该继承可以是词汇继承,也可以是短语继承。甚至一些名词也传达了次要的概念。助词,虽然引用次级概念,但不透露动词的继承。在A-SVCs中的次要概念揭示了不对称的位置V1或V2的占位者串联。V1显示事件和参与者限定符,而V2主要显示事件限定符。这两个位置也证明了序列结构中的序列。总的来说,次要概念只是部分地与Emai动词串联起来。由于相当数量的先行词和助词实现了次要概念并具有动词遗产,我们假设它们从早期的动词系列结构中获得了语法化。此外,我们假设Emai的规范单一子句中的前动词位置在从串联动词中作为前置动词的次要概念的出现以及作为事件和参与者限定词的连续表达手段的持续发展中发挥了特殊作用。
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