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”
from Akan:
Ama tɔɔ adanko dwaree no yεnn no
“Ama bought a rabbit, bathed it (and) reared it”
| adanko |
| adanko |
| rabbit.AFFDO |
| CN |
| dwaree |
| dware | e |
| bath | COMPL |
| Vtr |
Ama tɔɔ adanko dwaree no yεnn no
“Ama bought a rabbit, bathed it (and) reared it”
| adanko |
| adanko |
| rabbit.AFFDO |
| CN |
| dwaree |
| dware | e |
| bath | COMPL |
| Vtr |
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”
| təkətəmay;ən |
| tə | kətəma | y;ən |
| | town | |
| N |
| aləfəm |
| aləf | ə | m |
| go | 3PMASCSGSM | CV |
| V1 |
| wajjəm |
| wajj | ə | m |
| buy | 3PMASCSGSM | CV |
| V2 |
| ət’t’aw |
| mət’t’ | a | w |
| come | 3PMASCSGSM | MAVM |
| V3 |