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Work Notes on Modern Welsh Narrative Syntax (III): Converbs in Narrative

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Abstract

This study, a suggested, sketched chapter of Kate Roberts's narrative grammar, examines the Modern Welsh converb category, a specific adverbial-status verb form. It proposes to establish a distinction between the paradigm of prepositional phrases, relatively open (unlimited), and the limited, grammaticalised (formalised) paradigm of preposition-homonyms, prefixed to infinitives (alias verb-noun), the converb paradigm.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)69-114
Number of pages46
JournalJournal of Celtic Linguistics
Volume23
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2022

Keywords

  • Adverbials
  • Converbs
  • Grammaticalization
  • Homonyms
  • Infinitives
  • Narratives
  • Prepositional phrases
  • Syntax
  • Welsh language

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