Coverb
In linguistics , the term coverb (English coverb ) denotes verbs that occur in languages with verb serialization and fulfill a kind of adpositional function (in this specific case a prepositional function ), e.g. B. in a number of East and Southeast Asian languages (e.g. Chinese ) as well as West African languages (e.g. Yoruba ).
annotation
Koverben should not converbs (Engl. Converbs ) be confused.
literature
- Walter Bisang : Verb serialization and converbs - differences and similarities . In: Martin Haspelmath and Ekkehard König (eds.): Converbs in cross-linguistic perspective. Structive and meaning of adverbial verbforms, adverbial participes, gerunds (Empirical approaches to language typology; Vol. 13). Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin 1995, pp. 137-188, ISBN 3-11-014357-7 .