A Grammar of Savosavo / / Claudia Wegener.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Wegener, Claudia,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 61
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of tables --; List of figures --; Abbreviations --; Chapter 1. The language and its speakers --; Chapter 2. Phonology --; Chapter 3. Word formation --; Chapter 4. Word classes and phrase types --; Chapter 5. Noun phrases --; Chapter 6. The verb complex --; Chapter 7. Independent basic clauses --; Chapter 8. Complex clauses --; Chapter 9. Nominalization with -ghu ‘NMLZ’ --; Appendix A. Example texts --; Appendix B. List of lexemes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110289657; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110288995; 9783110288902; 9783110288896
• ISSN: 0933-7636
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110289657
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Claudia Wegener.

This is the first comprehensive description of Savosavo, a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers on Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Based on primary field data recorded by the author, it provides an overview of all levels of grammar. In addition, a full chapter is dedicated to nominalization of verbs by means of one particular suffix, which occur in a number of constructions ranging from lexical to syntactic nominalization. The appendix provides glossed example texts and a list of lexemes.