A Grammar of Kuuk Thaayorre / / Alice R. Gaby.

This grammar offers a comprehensive description of Kuuk Thaayorre, a Paman language spoken on the west coast of Cape York Peninsula, Australia. The Paman languages of Cape York have long been recognized for their exhibition of considerable phonological, semantic and morphosyntactic change (e.g. Hale...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2017 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 74
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XIX, 499 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Glosses and abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Phonology
  • 3 Word classes
  • 4 Morphology of nomina (nouns, adjectives and numerals)
  • 5 Pronouns, ignoratives and demonstratives
  • 6 Noun phrase syntax
  • 7 Verbal inflection
  • 8 Verbal derivation
  • 9 Particles and adverbs
  • 10 Syntax of the simple clause
  • 11 Non-basic, non-complex clauses
  • 12 Complex clauses
  • References
  • Appendix 1: Index of tasks and narrative texts
  • Appendix 2: Narrative texts
  • Index of subjects