A serial verb construction with the verb alāku “go” in Canaano-Akkadian
Date
2019
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Antiguo Oriente
Abstract
This paper examines the categorial status of Canaano-Akkadian biverbal sequences
built around the motion verb alāku “go” and their possible inclusion in the category
of Serial Verb Constructions (SVCs). The evidence demonstrates that SVCs with
alāku can at best be categorized as non-canonical and their overall grammaticalization
is low. As a result, Canaano-Akkadian may be viewed as the least advanced
along the grammaticalization cline of verbal serialization posited for (North-West)
Semitic languages.
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CITATION: Andrason, Alexander. 2020. A serial verb construction with the verb alāku “go” in Canaano-Akkadian. Antiguo Oriente, 17:11–38.
The original publication is available at: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar
The original publication is available at: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar
Keywords
Serial verb constructions, Canaanite language, Akkadian language, Morphosyntax, Typology
Citation
Andrason, Alexander. 2020. A serial verb construction with the verb alāku “go” in Canaano-Akkadian. Antiguo Oriente, 17:11–38