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from Akan:   
 
from Akan:   
 
<Phrase>2734</Phrase>
 
<Phrase>2734</Phrase>
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<Phrase>2734</Phrase>
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and from Kistaninya (Kistane):
 
and from Kistaninya (Kistane):
 
<Phrase>10697</Phrase>
 
<Phrase>10697</Phrase>

Revision as of 18:01, 17 December 2009

Edited by Gautam Sengupta and Lars Hellan

This page is an attempt at assembling and classifying cross-linguistically a variety of types falling into the categories 'multiverb constructions' (MVC) and 'complex predicates' (CP).

For MVCs, salient examples include, from Bangla (Bengali):

আমি বাড়ি গিয়ে ভাত খেয়ে ঘুমাবো
“I will go home, eat rice and sleep”
ami
ami
1SG
PN
baRi
baRi
home
N
gie
gie
goCMPL
V
bhat
bhat
rice
N
khee
khee
eatCMPL
V
ghumabo
ghumabo 
sleep  
V
 
  
  
 

from Akan:

Ama tɔɔ adanko dwaree no yεnn no
“Ama bought a rabbit, bathed it (and) reared it”
Ama
ama
AmaSBJAGT
Np
tɔɔ
ɔ
buyCOMPL
Vtr
adanko
adanko
rabbit.AFFDO
CN
dwaree
dwaree
bathCOMPL
Vtr
no
no
AFFDO3SG
PN
yεnn
yεnn
rearCOMPL
Vtr
no
no
AFFDO3SG
PN
Ama tɔɔ adanko dwaree no yεnn no
“Ama bought a rabbit, bathed it (and) reared it”
Ama
ama
AmaSBJAGT
Np
tɔɔ
ɔ
buyCOMPL
Vtr
adanko
adanko
rabbit.AFFDO
CN
dwaree
dwaree
bathCOMPL
Vtr
no
no
AFFDO3SG
PN
yεnn
yεnn
rearCOMPL
Vtr
no
no
AFFDO3SG
PN


and from Kistaninya (Kistane):

kas:a təkətəmay;ən aləfəm ləb:aš wajjəm ət’t’aw.
“Kassa went to the town, bought cloth and come back”
kas:a
kas:a
Kassa
N
təkətəmay;ən
kətəmay;ən
 town 
N
aləfəm
aləfəm
go3PMASCSGSMCV
V1
ləb:aš
ləb:aš
cloth
N
 
 
 
 
wajjəm
wajjəm
buy3PMASCSGSMCV
V2
ət’t’aw
mət’t’aw
come3PMASCSGSMMAVM
V3