Subject Relationships within Serial Verb Constructions in Numbami and Jabem

Abstract

This paper outlines the evidence for verb serialization in Numbami, an Austronesian language of Papua New Guinea, noting parallels with Jabem. The paper then focusses on subject relationships within serial verb constructions in Numbami and Jabem. These two languages allow not only the same subject and switch-subject serialization, but also verbal-subject serialization. In addition, Jabem allows a fourth possibility: ambient-subject serialization.

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