A grammar of Cavineña /

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, com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guillaume, Antoine, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Colección:Mouton grammar library ; 44.
Temas:
Cavineño language > Grammar.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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