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A grammar of Guìqióng : a language of Sichuan /
Jiang Lì describes the grammar of Guìqióng, a hitherto undocumented language spoken by alpine people in K?ngdìng county, China. Guìqióng has a lot to offer in its phonology, verbal and nominal morphology, syntax and glossary, distinguishing itself from the neighbouring Tibetan, Chinese, Qiangi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Brill's Tibetan studies library. Languages of the greater Himalayan region ;
15. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; List of Illustrations ; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Location ; 1.2 The Names of the People and the Language ; 1.3 Guìqióng in the Documented History; 1.4 Archaeological Findings of the Guìqióng Area; 1.5 Lingering Memories; 1.6 Life Styles; 1.7 Demographic Data of Guìqióng Speakers; 1.8 Literature Review; 2 Guìqióng Phonology; 2.1 Guìqióng Vowels, Nasalisation and Diphthong; 2.1.1 Guìqióng Vowel Initials and Their Tones; 2.1.2 Phonetic Description of Guìqióng Vowels; 2.2 Phonetic Description of Guìqióng Consonants.
- 2.2.10 The Bilabial Consonants /p/, /ph/, /b/, /'b/, /'m/, /m/, /z/ and /Ý/2.2.11 The Lateral Continuant /lh/, the Glides /'l/, /l/, /'j/, / j/, /'w/ and /w/; 2.3 Guìqióng Tones and Initials; 2.3.1 A General Description of Guìqióng Tones; 2.3.2 Guìqióng Tones and Their Markers; 2.4 Guìqióng Syllables and Consonant Finals; 2.5 Assimilation; 2.6 Regressive Vowel Harmony; 2.7 Prosody; 2.8 Variation; 3 Morphology; 3.1 Nominal Morphology; 3.1.1 Definite versus Indefinite Number of Nouns; 3.1.2 Case; 3.1.3 The Diminutives; 3.1.4 Personal Pronouns; 3.1.5 Demonstrative Determiners and Pronouns.
- 3.1.6 Numerals3.2 Verbal Morphology; 3.2.1 Guìqióng Bare Stem Sentences; 3.2.2 Guìqióng Copulas; 3.2.3 Guìqióng Derivational Verb Roots; 3.2.4 Directional Morphemes; 3.2.5 Tense Marking; 3.2.6 Aspect Marking; 3.2.7 Modality Markers and Modal Verbs; 3.2.8 The Evidential Constructions; 3.2.9 The Causative Markers; 3.2.10 Negation, Adverbs and Adverbials; 3.2.11 The Instrumental and Oblique Nominaliser -'ji; 4 Syntax; 4.1 Simple Clause; 4.1.1 Verbal Clauses; 4.1.2 Non-verbal Clauses; 4.2 Complex Clauses; 4.2.1 Coordination; 4.2.2 Subordination; 4.2.3 Serial Verbs; 4.3 Basic Word Order.
- 4.4 Interrogative Constructions4.4.1 Polar Questions; 4.4.2 Question-word Questions; 4.4.3 Rhetorical Questions; 5 Pragmatics; 5.1 New versus Old Information; 5.2 Topic-comment Constructions; 5.2.1 Topic Marker; 5.3 Focus-presupposition Constructions; 5.3.1 Emphatic Marker; Appendices; Appendix 1: Sayings, Stories and Recollections; Appendix 2: Guìqióng-English Glossary; Appendix 3: English-Guìqióng Glossary; References; Index.