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Ute reference grammar / T. Givón

Author
Givón, Talmy, 1936-
Published
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xx, 441 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Ute Reference Grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Foreword; Namu-máy-vaa-tu; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Sound system and orthography; Chapter 3. Word classes and word structure; Chapter 4. Simple clauses; Chapter 5. The diachrony of Ute case-marking; Chapter 6. Tense, aspect, modality and negation; Chapter 7. Noun phrases-I; Chapter 8. Noun phrases-II; Chapter 9. Verbal complements; Chapter 10. De-Transitive Voice; Chapter 11. The diachrony of Ute passives; Chapter 12. Relative clauses; Chapter 13. Contrastive focus and emphasis and Chapter 14. Non-declarative speech actsChapter 15. Possession; Chapter 16. Comparative constructions; Chapter 17. Adverbial clauses; Chapter 18. Clause chaining and discourse coherence; Chapter 19. Lexical derivation patterns; Chapter 20. Interjections; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Ute is a Uto-Aztecan language of the northernmost (Numic) branch, currently spoken on three reservations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Like many other native languages of Northern America, Ute is severely endangered. This book is part of the effort toward its preservation. Typologically, Ute offers a cluster of intriguing features, best viewed from the perspective of diachronic change and grammaticalization. The book presents a comprehensive synchronic description of grammatical structures and their communicative functions, as well as a diachronic account of a grammar in the midst of change. The book is the first of a 3-volume series which also includes a collection of oral texts and a dictionary. Ute speakers and tribal members may find in the present volume a step-by-step description of how words are combined into meaningful communication. Linguists may find a detailed account of one language, an account that is unabashedly informed by universals of grammar, communication and change.
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9789027287410 (electronic book)
9027287414 (electronic book)
9789027202840 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9027202842 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9789027202857 (paperback ; alk. paper)
9027202850 (paperback ; alk. paper)
9781283122085
1283122081
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-433) and index.
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