A typological grammar of Panare, a Cariban language of Venezuela / by Thomas E. Payne, Doris L. Payne.
Panare, also known as E'ñapa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar written from a modern functional and typological persp...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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| Summary: | Panare, also known as E'ñapa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar written from a modern functional and typological perspective. The many remarkable characteristics highlighted in the grammar include a 'split-inverse' person marking system, transitivity-sensitive aspect and person-marking verb morphology, object incorporation, relatively nonconfigurational NP structure, both verb-initial and object-initial constituent orders, a complex system of clause chaining, switch reference, and a rich system of evidential and epistemic marking. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 128385516X 9004242198 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Thomas E. Payne, Doris L. Payne. |