Comprehensive study of V-V complex verbs in Avar

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Avar uses complex verbs comprising two verbs (V1 and V2). The V1 appears in the non-finite form, e.g. the present tense form of the noun-modifying form, the perfective converb. This study answered the following questions: (1) What verbs are used in the V2 position, in which non-finite form does each V2 require the V1 to appear, and what semantics does each V1-V2 complex have? (2) What verbs are use as the V1 for each V2 and how often they are used? (3) What syntactic properties (e.g. case marking, transitivity) does each V1-V2 complex have? (4) Some V2s allow their V1s to occur in two non-finite forms to express the same meaning. How often the two forms are used?