Multiple preverbation: Stacking of preverbs

In this paper, I discuss instances of multiple preverbation focusing mainly on the context of the Modern Greek verbal system and comparing it to Slavic languages. For this, I investigate the nature of preverbs in Modern Greek presenting the properties that lead to the distinction of two types that c...

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Published inSKASE journal of theoretical linguistics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 64 - 88
Main Author Giannoula, Mina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Slovak Association for the Study of English 01.06.2023
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Summary:In this paper, I discuss instances of multiple preverbation focusing mainly on the context of the Modern Greek verbal system and comparing it to Slavic languages. For this, I investigate the nature of preverbs in Modern Greek presenting the properties that lead to the distinction of two types that can attach to a verbal stem, namely prefixes and adverbial preverbs. Both types can participate under different combinations in the formation of multiply-preverbed verbal stems in Modern Greek, though prefixes should always be the innermost ones. On the basis of preverb co-occurrence, the formation of multiply-preverbed verbal complexes leads to two important generalizations that can be supported cross-linguistically: a) For a multiply-prefixed verbal stem [P.sub.1]-[P.sub.2]-V to be formed, the existence of a simply prefixed verbal stem [P.sub.2]-V is required, and b) Regarding a multiply-prefixed verbal stem [P.sub.1]-[P.sub.2]-V, no verbal stem can be formed as [P.sub.1]-V. Moreover, I present a syntactic analysis for the base position of preverbs that captures the phenomenon of multiple preverbation. Keywords: preverbs, adverbial preverbs, prefixes, multiple preverbation, properties, generalizations
ISSN:1336-782X
1336-782X