Perfect, Sequence, Recapitulation:

1. INTRODUCTION. In recent years, the term 'converb' has increasingly been used to describe constructions with cross-linguistically comparable forms and functions which include nonfinite verbal affixation, dependency on a finite verb, clause linking, and the sequencing of Asian converbs, differing primarily with respect to the potential for what Bickel refers to as 'narrative chaining': Asian converbs perform a clause chaining function in addition to various types of modification, whereas the European type 'does not include chaining functions but rather stands in a binary relation to the main verb'. In the sparse typological converb literature, one form potentially instantiative of the former category comes from the Indo-Aryan language Sinhala, namely the conjunctive participle.