| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 755 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Series |
Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; volume 13 |
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Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; 13
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Phonetics and Phonology -- 3. Morpheme Types -- 4. Nouns -- 5. Noun Phrase -- 6. Verbs -- 7. Stative Verbs and Adverbial Words -- 8. Clause Structure -- 9. Postpositional Phrases -- 10. Non-verbal Predication -- 11. Complex Predicates -- 12. Sentence Types -- 13. Clause Combining: Events as Arguments and Modifiers -- 14. Clause Linking -- 15. Co-Ranking Constructions -- 16. Topics in the Syntax-Discourse Interface -- 17. Closing Remarks |
| Summary |
This book offers a comprehensive description of Kukama-Kukamiria, spoken by about 1000 elders in the Peruvian Amazon. This grammar comes from fifteen years of fieldwork; it is organized in seventeen chapters dealing with phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse phenomena |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cocama language -- Grammar.
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Indians of South America -- Amazon River Region -- Languages.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9004314520 (electronic bk.) |
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9789004314528 (electronic bk.) |
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(hardback ;) (alk. paper) |
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(hardback ;) (alk. paper) |
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