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A grammar of Cavineña / by Antoine Guillaume

Author
Guillaume, Antoine, 1969-
Published
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxxiv, 900 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Tables and figures -- Maps -- Plates -- Chapter 1. The language and its speakers -- Chapter 2. Phonology -- Chapter 3. Grammatical vs. phonological word -- Chapter 4. Grammatical overview -- Chapter 5. Predicate structure -- an overview -- Chapter 6. Predicate structure -- inflectional morphology -- Chapter 7. Predicate structure -- Aktionsart suffixes -- Chapter 8. Predicate structure -- valency-changing mechanisms -- Chapter 9. Predicate structure -- postural and directional suffixes -- Chapter 10. Predicate structure -- auxiliary-triggering processes -- Chapter 11. Predicative adjectives -- Chapter 12. Noun phrase structure -- an overview -- Chapter 13. Noun phrase structure -- modifiers -- Chapter 14. Postpositions -- Chapter 15. Pronouns and demonstratives -- Chapter 16. Particles -- independent, first position and second position particles -- Chapter 17. Particles -- phrasal particles -- Chapter 18. Non-finite adverbial clauses -- Chapter 19. Finite adverbial clauses -- Chapter 20. Relative clauses -- Backmatter
Summary
This book is a detailed high-quality descriptive grammar of the endangered Cavineña language of the Amazonian rainforest of northern Bolivia. Cavineña is spoken in an area where the indigenous languages are virtually unknown, namely Lowland Bolivia. Cavineña also belongs to a family, Tacanan, comprising five languages (Araona, Cavineña, Ese Ejja, Reyesano and Tacana), none of which has been the subject of an adequate descriptive grammar. The language contains a number of unusual features that will be of interest to typologist linguists, such as an unusual pitch accent system, a morpho-phonological rule that deletes case markers, an intricate predicate structure, a system of verbal suffixes coding associated motion, a specific causative of involvement marker, a peculiar prefix e- that attaches to nouns coding body parts and a complex system of second position clitic pronouns.
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ISBN
9783110211771 (electronic bk.)
3110211777 (electronic bk.)
1283398257
9781283398251
9786613398253
661339825X
9783110188424 (cloth ; alk. paper)
3110188422 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 875-883) and index.
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