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Go Buy Bring Come: The Logic of Serial Verbs

Estimated read time 5 min read

In languages from Thailand to Ghana, you can say “go buy bring the book” and be perfectly grammatical. This fascinating feature, known as a serial verb construction, strings verbs together without conjunctions to describe a single, complex action. Discover how this efficient system works and what it reveals about the diverse ways humans structure thought.