A Grammar of Cavineña / / Antoine Guillaume.
This book is a detailed high-quality descriptive grammar of the endangered Cavineña language (less than 1200 speakers), spoken in the Amazonian rainforest of Lowland Bolivia, an area where the indigenous languages are virtually unknown. Cavineña belongs to the Tacanan family, comprising five languag...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (900 p.) :; 5 photos. 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- 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