Typological Grammar of Panare

A Cariban Language of Venezuela

AvThomas E. Payne,Doris L. Payne

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del 5 i serien Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-21
Mått:155 x 235 x 32 mm
Vikt:1 940 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas
Antal sidor:468
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004228214

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Thomas E. Payne, PhD (1985), UCLA, is Senior International Linguistics Consultant with SIL International, and Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. He publishes books and research articles in descriptive linguistics and grammar writing.Doris L. Payne, Ph.D. (1985) UCLA, is professor at the University of Oregon and a consultant with SIL International. She has published on Native American and East African languages, and leads workshops around the world focused on morphosyntax and discourse.

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AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsGlossing Conventions 1 The Language and Its Speakers2 Phonology and Morphophonology 3 Nouns and Nominals4 Nominal Derivation and “Possessive” Denominalization 5 Modifcation6 The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles 7 Verb Stem Derivation 8 Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions 9 Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions 10 Minority Class Verbs11 Noun Phrase Structure 12 Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents13 Copula Constructions 14 Voice and Valence15 Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories 16 Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality17 Questions and Contrastive Constructions18 Complementation19 Adverbial and Medial Clauses20 Relative and Modifying ClausesAppendix. Two Panare TextsReferencesIndex