1st Edition

The Syntax of the Albanian Verb Complex

By Robert Boyden Lamb Copyright 1985
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This work, first published in 1985, is an analysis of the syntax of the Albanian verb complex. The term "verb complex" is defined here as the verb stem and its conjugational endings, together with the perfect auxiliaries and verb clitics. In a wider sense the verb includes the verb and its central arguments: subject, direct object, and indirect object. The analysis is presented in a somewhat... Read more

List of Abbreviations;  List of Tables;  Preface;  A Note on Pronunciation;  Acknowledgements;  Abstract;  1. Preliminaries  2. Verb Morphology: The Active and the Non-Active Systems  3. Other Non-Active Constructions  4. Dative Clitics  5. Lexical-Interpretive Approaches to the Albanian Data  6. Conclusion;  Bibliography

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