19.480, Books: Syntax, Semantics: Romeo

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Subject: Aspect in Burmese: Romeo

 

	
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Title: Aspect in Burmese 
Subtitle: Meaning and Function 
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series   96  

Publication Year: 2008 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SLCS%2096 


Author: Nicoletta Romeo

Hardback: ISBN:  9789027231079 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027231079 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00


Abstract:

The book presents an overview of the aspectual system of Burmese, and it
focuses on the analysis and description of the meaning and function of some
aspectual markers which are among the most commonly used in the language.
The analysis highlights a few important facts. Firstly, these markers,
which typically follow the main verb within the verbal complex, derive from
lexical verbs which are still in use in Burmese. This is an important
descriptive factor, since the function of these markers can only be fully
understood by looking at the interplay between the semantics of their
lexical sources and the semantics of the verbs they modify. Secondly, it is
the semantics of the aspectual markers that determines both their order
vis-a-vis the main verb and their order vis-a-vis the other markers within
the verbal complex. The interplay between the semantics and the syntax of
these markers is analyzed by adopting Role and Reference Grammar. 



Linguistic Field(s): Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Burmese (mya)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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