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  • 7 - Predication and Clausal Syntax

  • N. J. Enfield, University of Sydney
  • Book:
    The Languages of Mainland Southeast Asia
    Published online:
    22 March 2021
    Print publication:
    01 April 2021, pp 326-392

  • Summary

    This chapter gives an introductory overview of the strategies used in mainland Southeast Asian languages for making verbal predications in the core of clauses. There is an overview of verbal marking including patterns of negation, aspect, and modality. An important feature of the area’s languages is the heavy reliance on serial verb constructions (or multi-verb constructions) for packaging information in clauses and sentences. The chapter surveys various sub-categories of multi-verb construction, including depictive/adverbial constructions and complementation strategies. The chapter closes with a section on valency-changing strategies, including syntactic causatives, reflexives, and reciprocals.