Towards a Theory of Complex Predicates in Australian and Oceanic Languages An Analysis of Coverb Constructions in Wagiman and Serial Verb Constructions in Vurës Daniel Krauße BA; MA A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Submitted in March 2021 This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship