Directed caused accompanied motion events in Saliba-Logea
This chapter describes the encoding of directed caused accompanied motion events (‘directed CAM’) in Saliba-Logea, an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. The description is based on analysing patterns in spoken language data. Saliba-Logea expressions of directed CAM are generally morphosyntactically complex and meaning components are frequently distributed across more than one verb. In such multi-verb constructions, one verb expresses caused motion, the other directionality. In Saliba-Logea the most common expressions of directed CAM events include information about the manner of caused motion in constructions with verbs like ‘carry’, ‘drag’ or ‘guide’.
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Database and methodology
- 3.Grammatical background
- 3.1Directional constructions
- 3.1.1Directional suffixes
- 3.1.2Compound directional verbs
- 3.1.3Free directional verbs
- 3.2Spatial postpositions
- 3.3Benefactive constructions
- 3.4Valence-changing devices
- 3.5Accompaniment expressions
- 4.Manner-of-caused-motion verbs in directed CAM expressions
- 4.1carry verbs
- 4.2drag, pull and push verbs
- 4.3guide and lead verbs
- 4.4transport verbs
- 4.5Comparison of manner-of-caused-motion verbs
- 5.Manner-neutral expressions of directed CAM events
- 5.1Hai ‘get’
- 5.2Direction + caused motion constructions
- 6.Other construction types
- 7.Frequencies of directed CAM expressions
- 8.Conclusion
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Acknowledgements
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Notes
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Abbreviations
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