Program

Research Programs: Basic Research

Period of Performance

6/1/1988 - 6/30/1991

Funding Totals

$60,000.00 (approved)
$60,000.00 (awarded)


Serial Verbs and the Mental Reality of 'Event'

FAIN: RO-21627-88

University of Oregon (Eugene, OR 97403-5219)
T. Givon (Project Director: October 1987 to August 1991)

To support the renewal of a linguistic study of serial verb constructions, extending the original sample of five Oceanic languages by five --English, Mandarin Chinese, Thai, Yoruba, and Ewe.