A grammar of Tariana, from northwest Amazonia /Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.
Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡.
A grammar of Tariana, from northwest Amazonia /Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2003. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 705 pages) : map - Cambridge grammatical descriptions .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The language and its speakers -- Phonology -- Word classes -- Nominal morphology and noun structure -- Noun classes and classifiers -- Possession -- Case marking and grammatical relations -- Number -- Further nominal categories -- Derivation and compounding -- Closed word classes -- Verb classes and predicate structure -- Valency changing and argument rearranging mechanisms -- Tense and evidentiality -- Aspect, Aktionsart and degree -- Mood and modality -- Negation -- Serial verb constructions and verb compounding -- Complex predicates -- Participles and nominalisations -- Clause types and other syntactic issues.
A comprehensive reference grammar of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle.
9781107266933 9781107050952 9781107270015
Tariana language--Grammar.
Tariana language.
Electronic Books.
PM7110 / .G736 2003
A grammar of Tariana, from northwest Amazonia /Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, (c)2003. - 1 online resource (xxiv, 705 pages) : map - Cambridge grammatical descriptions .
Includes bibliographies and index.
The language and its speakers -- Phonology -- Word classes -- Nominal morphology and noun structure -- Noun classes and classifiers -- Possession -- Case marking and grammatical relations -- Number -- Further nominal categories -- Derivation and compounding -- Closed word classes -- Verb classes and predicate structure -- Valency changing and argument rearranging mechanisms -- Tense and evidentiality -- Aspect, Aktionsart and degree -- Mood and modality -- Negation -- Serial verb constructions and verb compounding -- Complex predicates -- Participles and nominalisations -- Clause types and other syntactic issues.
A comprehensive reference grammar of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle.
9781107266933 9781107050952 9781107270015
Tariana language--Grammar.
Tariana language.
Electronic Books.
PM7110 / .G736 2003