A grammar of Kharia : : a South Munda language / / by John Peterson.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages, v. 1
• Author: Peterson, John M.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (498 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Kharia, spoken in central-eastern India, is a member of the southern branch of the Munda family, which forms the western branch of the Austro-Asiatic phylum, stretching from central India to Vietnam. The present study provides the most extensive description of Kharia to date and covers all major areas of the grammar. Of particular interest in the variety of Kharia described here, is that there is no evidence for assuming the existence of parts-of-speech, such as noun, adjective and verbesserte Rather functions such as reference, modification and predication are expressed by one of two syntactic structures, referred to here as 'syntagmas'. The volume will be of equal interest to general linguists from the fields of typology, linguistic theory, areal linguistics, Munda linguistics as well as South Asianists in general.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / J. Peterson -- Chapter One. Introduction: The Kharia Language / J. Peterson -- Chapter Two. Phonology / J. Peterson -- Chapter Three. Syntactic Atoms / J. Peterson -- Chapter Four. Parts Of Speech And The Lexicon / J. Peterson -- Chapter Five. The Case-Syntagma (\'NPs\') / J. Peterson -- Chapter Six. The Tam/Person-Syntagma (\'Verbs\') / J. Peterson -- Chapter Seven. Syntax / J. Peterson -- Appendix Text. The Nine Totems / J. Peterson -- Bibliography / J. Peterson -- General Index / J. Peterson -- Index Of Authors / J. Peterson.