Spoken Sibe : morphology of the inflected parts of speech /
Veronika Zikmundová.
- Prague : Karolinum Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (231 pages) : illustrations
Published in association with Charles University in Prague.
Includes bibliographical references.
""Contents""; ""List of abbreviations""; ""0 Introduction""; ""1 Characteristics of spoken Sibe""; ""1.1 Notes on the phonetics and phonology""; ""1.1.1 Problems of the phonological description of Sibe""; ""1.1.2 Previous research of the Sibe phonemic system""; ""1.1.3 List of sounds in spoken Sibe ""; ""1.2 Questions of transcription""; ""1.3 Remarks on the Sibe vocabulary""; ""1.3.1 Personal names""; ""1.3.2 Childrenâ€?s expressions""; ""1.3.3 Vicarious expressions""; ""1.4 Remarks on syntax â€? negation""; ""1.4.1 The negative particle aqÅ"̄"; ""1.4.2 The negative particle vaq"" ""1.5 Word classes in spoken Sibe """"1.5.1 Brief characteristics of the parts of speech ""; ""2 The Noun""; ""2.1 The category of number""; ""2.1.1 Generic number""; ""2.1.2 Partial number""; ""2.1.3 Specific forms of the use of the partial number""; ""2.1.4 Expressing plurality through lexical means""; ""2.2 The category of case ""; ""2.2.1 Nominative""; ""2.2.2 Genitive""; ""2.2.3 Dative-locative""; ""2.2.4 Accusative""; ""2.2.5 Ablative""; ""2.2.6 Lative""; ""2.2.7 Instrumental-sociative""; ""3 Qualitative nouns""; ""3.1 Qualitative nouns formed by derivational suffixes"" ""3.1.2 Qualitative nouns in the function of an attribute""""3.1.3 Qualitative nouns determining verbs""; ""3.1.4 Specific grammatical categories of qualitative nouns""; ""3.1.5 Other ways of expressing quality, appearance, etc.""; ""3.1.6 Vicarious qualitative nouns and other anaphoric expressions""; ""4 Pronouns""; ""4.1 Personal pronouns""; ""4.1.1 Personal pronouns in nominative""; ""4.1.2 Personal pronouns in genitive""; ""4.1.3 Personal pronouns in dative""; ""4.1.4 Personal pronouns in accusative""; ""4.1.5 Personal pronouns in ablative""; ""4.1.6 Personal pronouns in lative"" ""4.1.7 Personal pronouns in instrumental-sociative""""4.2 Remarks on the personal pronouns""; ""4.3 Demonstrative pronouns""; ""4.3.1 The demonstrative pronouns É?r and tÉ?r""; ""4.3.2 The pronouns mÉ?r and mÉ?tÉ?r""; ""4.3.3 The pronouns É?k and sÉ?kÉ?iâ€?/skÉ?i""; ""4.4 Interrogative pronouns""; ""4.4.1 The pronoun â€?aiâ€?""; ""4.4.2 The pronoun ya â€? â€?whichâ€? as an attribute""; ""4.4.3 The pronoun yam ( At present, the Sibe language is the only oral variety of Manchu which is actually in use. With some 20,000 to 30,000 speakers it is also the most widely spoken Tungusic language. The Sibe people, who live at the North-Western border of the present-day Sinkiang Uyghur Autonomous province of China, are descendants of the garrison men of the Manchu army from 18th century. They were sent there after the area was annexed by the Manchus with the task to guard the newly established border between the Manchu Empire and Russia. Being soldiers of an alien army they remained isolated from the indigenous.