Language Studies

Converbs

Document Type : Methodoligies

Authors

Vali Rezaei 1
Seyed Hamzeh Mousavi 2

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Isfahan University

2 PhD student of Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Isfahan University

Abstract
Converbs or adverbial verbs are a class of verbs that are used alongside with another verb and describe it like an adverb. In this paper, first we show some examples in Persian then we should show that they can be considered adverbial verbs (Although, the data in Persian are different from the definition by Haspelmath (1995) or Langacre (1985) because of being mono-clausal and finite). Haspelmath seems to have failed in this regard and his definition is based on limited samples. After classifying these Persian converbs, we show their sharing arguments in case of progressive converbs.

Keywords

Converbs
Chain Clause
Temporal Overlap
Temporal Succession
Progressive Converbs

  • Receive Date 23 May 2011
  • Revise Date 09 April 2012
  • Accept Date 24 June 2011

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