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In:Predication in African Languages
Edited by James Essegbey and Enoch O. Aboh
[Studies in Language Companion Series 235] 2024
► pp. 222–235

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Chapter 8
Reduced complements

 | University of Ghana
Published online: 18 July 2024
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.235.08sul
Abstract
This paper discusses a set of constructions I call Reduced Complements (RCs). These are constructions where a verb directly follows another verb making them a subcategory of serial verb constructions (SVCs). Following an approach to restructuring where size reduction arises if not all domains of the clause are projected, I argue that RCs are projections of VP. Thus, RCs are VP complements.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Properties of restructuring complements
    • 2.1Syntactic properties
    • 2.2Semantic properties
  • 3.Towards an analysis of RCs
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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