Ve b-Ve b
cons uc ions
in he Indo-
-Po uguese
c eole o he
Malaba
Hugo C. Ca doso
Uni e sidade de Lisboa
Vec o e bs
-O ‘explica o (compound) e bs’ (e.g. Abbi &
Gopalak ishnan 1991; Abbi 2001) o ‘ligh e bs’ (Bu
2003; Bu & Lahi i 2013);
-Pa icipa e in complex monoclausal V+V cons uc ions,
whe e hey modula e he meaning o he main e b;
-Well-es ablished in he long-s anding languages o Sou h
Asia –seen as an impo an ea u e o he Sou h Asian
Sp achbund;
-Less well-documen ed in he ‘newcome s’ o he egion
(bu see No dho 2012 o S i Lanka Malay).
Indo-Po uguese C eoles
Indo-Po uguese C eoles
Guja a i
Ma a hi
M alayalam
Tamil + Sinhala
Konkani
Kannada(+ Konkani)
Tamil
Telugu
O iya
Bengali
Cannano e
Vypeen
The C eoles

Vec o e bs in Malayalam
(1) a. Malayalam [Ashe & Kuma i 1997:347]
aaʃaa i meeʃakaɭ uƞʈakki aɭɭi.
ca pen e able-PL make-PP push-PST
‘The ca pen e made he ables (in ensi ely).’
b. Malayalam [Ashe & Kuma i 1997:348]
ɲaan a aņņə aƞʈə pus akam ayaccukoʈu u.
1s 3s.m-DAT wo book send-gi e-PST
‘I sen him wo books ( o his bene i ).’
Vec o e bs in Malayalam
(1) a. Malayalam [Ashe & Kuma i 1997:347]
aaʃaa i meeʃakaɭ uƞʈakki aɭɭi.
ca pen e able-PL make-PP push-PST
‘The ca pen e made he ables (in ensi ely).’
b. Malayalam [Ashe & Kuma i 1997:348]
ɲaan a aņņə aƞʈə pus akam ayaccukoʈu u.
1s 3s.m-DAT wo book send-gi e-PST
‘I sen him wo books ( o his bene i ).’
V1V2
(non- ini e, main e b,
con ibu es co e
seman ics o he
p edica ion)
( ini e, ligh e b, modula es
co e seman ics o he
p edica ion)
V2in Malayalam
LEXICAL MEANING
VALUE(S)
PUT
PERFECTIVE/COMPLETIVE
GO
PERFECTIVE/COMPLETIVE
;
REGRET/CENSURABILITY; IRREVERSIBILITY
THROW
PERFECTIVE/COMPLETIVE;
SURPRISE;
REGRET/CENSURABILITY
TAKE
DURATIVE; PERMISSIVE
LOSE
CONCESSIVE
CONTAIN
HUMILITY
PUSH
CONTEMPT
GRACE
RESPECT
DESTROY
ANGER/DISGUST/EXASPERATION
GIVE
ALTER
-BENEFACTION
KEEP
ANTICIPATORY ACTION
V2in Malayalam (adap ed om Abbi & Gopalak ishnan 1991; Jayaseelan 2004)
Malaba Indo-Po uguese
-In a ian e bs (wi h ew excep ions, e.g. ay ‘go(es)’ s.
oy ‘wen ’);
-Tense-Aspec -Mood ma ked by ope a o s ha do no
implica e he mo phology o he e b;
-Despi e MIP’s o e all SOV basic wo d o de , mos
ope a o s p ecede he (main) e b:
The pos - e bal slo : BEGIN
(11) [Cannano e; ee- lowing speech, ield da a]
olo ə ini oko obə mezəlo- azɐ kumsa.
3p wine oc obe mon h FUT-make begin
‘They would s a making wine in he mon h o oc obe .’

The pos - e bal slo : KEEP
(12) [Vypeen; ee- lowing speech, ield da a]
yo po os ũ p esen ja-pidi ga da.
1 2.OBL one p esen PST-buykeep
‘I’ e bough a p esen o you (in ad ance).’
The pos - e bal slo : SIT
(13) [Vypeen; ee- lowing speech, ield da a]
el be a, ud dia lo-be a, ud dia lo-be a sã a.
3s d ink all day IRR-d ink all day IRR-d ink si
‘He d ank, e e y day he would d ink, he kep d inking e e y day.’
V2in MIP
LEXICAL MEANING
VALUE
GO
REGRET/CENSURABILITY; IRREVERSIBILITY
GIVE
ALTER
-BENEFACTIVE
BE/HAVE
PERFECT
FINISH
COMPLETIVE
BEGIN
INCEPTIVE
KEEP
ANTICIPATORY ACTION
SIT
DURATIVE (PEJORATIVE?)
Tense-Aspec ma king
V
1
V
1+ V2
V
2TOTAL
GO
-
4
8
12
GIVE
9
4
-
13
BE/HAVE
15
2
-
17
FINISH
6
-
-
6
BEGIN
1
-
-
1
KEEP
3
-
-
3
SIT
1
-
-
1
To de e mine...
-Di e en g amma ical/ unc ional ca ego ies
and/o
-Di e en ch onologies (p oposed VO → OV shi )
[V ope a o s]1V[V ope a o s]2