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A grammar of Tariana

Author: A I︠U︡ Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Series: Cambridge grammatical descriptions.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A comprehensive reference grammar of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle.

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: A I︠U︡ Aĭkhenvalʹd
ISBN: 0521028868 9780521028868
OCLC Number: 70844592
Notes: Originally published: 2003.
Description: p. cm.
Contents: List of tables, schemes and diagrams; Preface; Acknowledgements; Organisation and cross-referencing; List of abbreviations; Map; 1. The language and its speakers; 2. Phonology; 3. Word classes; 4. Nominal morphology and noun structure; 5. Noun classes and classifiers; 6. Possession; 7. Case marking and grammatical relations; 8. Number; 9. Further nominal categories; 10. Derivation and compounding; 11. Closed word classes; 12. Verb classes and predicate structure; 13. Valency changing and argument rearranging mechanisms; 14. Tense and evidentiality; 15. Aspect, Aktionsart and degree; 16. Mood and modality; 17. Negation; 18. Serial verb constructions and verb compounding; 19. Complex predicates; 20. Participles and nominalisations; 21. Clause types and other syntactic issues; 22. Subordinate clauses and clause linking; 23. Relative clauses; 24. Complement clauses; 25. Discourse organisation; 26. Issues in etymology and semantics; Appendix; Texts; Vocabulary; References; Index.
Series Title: Cambridge grammatical descriptions.
Responsibility: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald.

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