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A grammar of Tariana, from northwest Amazonia /

A comprehensive reference grammar of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U. (Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
South American Indian
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Colección:Cambridge grammatical descriptions.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The language and its speakers
  • 2. Phonology
  • 3. Word classes
  • 4. Nominal morphology and noun structure
  • 5. Noun classes and classifiers
  • 6. Possession
  • 7. Case marking and grammatical relations
  • 8. Number
  • 9. Further nominal categories
  • 10. Derivation and compounding
  • 11. Closed word classes
  • 12. Verb classes and predicate structure
  • 13. Valency changing and argument rearranging mechanisms
  • 14. Tense and evidentiality
  • 15. Aspect, Aktionsart and degree
  • 16. Mood and modality
  • 17. Negation
  • 18. Serial verb constructions and verb compounding
  • 19. Complex predicates
  • 20. Participles and nominalisations
  • 21. Clause types and other syntactic issues.