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Subordination in native South-American languages /

In terms of its linguistic and cultural make-up, the continent of South America provides linguists and anthropologists with a complex puzzle of language diversity. The continent teems with small language families and isolates, and even languages spoken in adjacent areas can be typologically vastly d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gijn, Rik van, Haude, Katharina, Muysken, Pieter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 97.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Subordination in Native South American Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Subordination in South America; Subordinate adverbial constructions in Mekens; Relative clauses in Meb?ngokre; Clause embedding strategies in Baure (Arawakan); Subordinate clauses, switch-reference, and tail-head linkage in Cavineña narratives; Referring to states and events; Semantic and grammatical integration in Yurakaré subordination; Subordination in Cholón; Cofán subordinate clauses in a typology of subordination; Relative clauses in Ecuadorian Quechua.
  • Participial clauses in Tarma QuechuaComplex sentences in Uchumataqu in a comparative perspective with Chipaya; Author index; Language index; Subject index; The series Typological Studies in Language.