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Coverb, the Glossary

Index Coverb

A coverb is a word or prefix that resembles a verb or co-operates with a verb.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Adposition, Adpositional phrase, Adverb, Australian Aboriginal languages, Chinese language, Clause, Complement (linguistics), Compound verb, Hungarian language, Inflection, Languages of Asia, Light verb, Niger–Congo languages, Phrase, Prefix, Preverb, San Diego State University, Semantics, Serial verb construction, Simplified Chinese characters, Standard Chinese, Subject (grammar), Traditional Chinese characters, Verb, Verb phrase, Vietnamese language, Word, Yoruba language.

  2. Chinese grammar

Adposition

Adpositions are a class of words used to express spatial or temporal relations (in, under, towards, behind, ago, etc.) or mark various semantic roles (of, for). Coverb and Adposition are parts of speech.

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Adpositional phrase

An adpositional phrase is a syntactic category that includes prepositional phrases, postpositional phrases, and circumpositional phrases.

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Adverb

An adverb is a word or an expression that generally modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, determiner, clause, preposition, or sentence. Coverb and adverb are parts of speech.

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Australian Aboriginal languages

The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intelligible varieties) up to possibly 363.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Clause

In language, a clause is a constituent or phrase that comprises a semantic predicand (expressed or not) and a semantic predicate.

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Complement (linguistics)

In grammar, a complement is a word, phrase, or clause that is necessary to complete the meaning of a given expression.

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Compound verb

In linguistics, a compound verb or complex predicate is a multi-word compound that functions as a single verb.

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Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic language of the proposed Ugric branch spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighbouring countries.

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Inflection

In linguistic morphology, inflection (less commonly, inflexion) is a process of word formation in which a word is modified to express different grammatical categories such as tense, case, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, mood, animacy, and definiteness.

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Languages of Asia

Asia is home to hundreds of languages comprising several families and some unrelated isolates.

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Light verb

In linguistics, a light verb is a verb that has little semantic content of its own and forms a predicate with some additional expression, which is usually a noun.

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Niger–Congo languages

Niger–Congo is a hypothetical language family spoken over the majority of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Phrase

In grammar, a phrasecalled expression in some contextsis a group of words or singular word acting as a grammatical unit.

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Prefix

A prefix is an affix which is placed before the stem of a word.

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Preverb

Although not used in general linguistic theory, the term preverb is used in Caucasian (including all three families: Northwest Caucasian, Northeast Caucasian and Kartvelian), Caddoan, Athabaskan, and Algonquian linguistics to describe certain elements prefixed to verbs. Coverb and preverb are parts of speech.

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San Diego State University

San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California.

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Semantics

Semantics is the study of linguistic meaning.

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Serial verb construction

The serial verb construction, also known as (verb) serialization or verb stacking, is a syntactic phenomenon in which two or more verbs or verb phrases are strung together in a single clause.

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Simplified Chinese characters

Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.

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Standard Chinese

Standard Chinese is a modern standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the republican era (1912‒1949).

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Subject (grammar)

A subject is one of the two main parts of a sentence (the other being the predicate, which modifies the subject).

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Traditional Chinese characters

Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages.

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Verb

A verb is a word (part of speech) that in syntax generally conveys an action (bring, read, walk, run, learn), an occurrence (happen, become), or a state of being (be, exist, stand). Coverb and verb are parts of speech.

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Verb phrase

In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of a verb and its arguments except the subject of an independent clause or coordinate clause.

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Vietnamese language

Vietnamese (tiếng Việt) is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in Vietnam where it is the national and official language.

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Word

A word is a basic element of language that carries meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible.

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Yoruba language

Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá,; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria.

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See also

Chinese grammar

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coverb

Also known as Coverbs, Verbal prefix.