A Grammar of Nuosu / / Matthias Gerner.

This is the first modern grammar of Nuosu written in English. Nuosu belongs to a little known section of Tibeto-Burman. The 2.5 Million ethnic Nuosu are part of the Yi nationality and live in Sichuan (China). This grammar informs Tibeto-Burman linguists, typologists, scholars of language contact and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 64
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Physical Description:1 online resource (543 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgment
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. The people and their environment
  • Chapter 2. Language background
  • Chapter 3. Phonology
  • Chapter 4. Word structure
  • Chapter 5. The noun phrase
  • Chapter 6. The verb phrase
  • Chapter 7. Tense and aspect
  • Chapter 8. Modality and evidentiality
  • Chapter 9. Adverbs and negation
  • Chapter 10. Subject and object
  • Chapter 11. Valency changing constructions
  • Chapter 12. Versatile constructions
  • Chapter 13. Complex sentences
  • Chapter 14. Topic and focus
  • Chapter 15. Speech act particles
  • References
  • Appendix: Folk Stories
  • Name Index