| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (colour) |
| Series |
Grammars of world and minority languages |
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Grammars of world and minority languages.
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology and orthography: the sound system and its written representation -- 3. Nominals -- 4. Verbs -- 5. Postpositions -- 6. Voice -- 7. Evidentiality -- 8. Basic clauses -- 9. Quantification -- 10. Degree expressions -- 11. Noun incorporation into the verb -- 12. Complex sentences -- 13. Information structure -- 14. Order of affixes, clitics, and other particles in the predicate -- 15. Thematic glossary of high frequency vocabulary -- 16. Text samples -- 17. Paradigms -- 18. Common phrases and expressions |
| Summary |
The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official language of Paraguay alongside Spanish. This book provides the first comprehensive reference grammar of Modern Paraguayan Guarani written for an English-language audience. It is an accessible yet thorough and carefully substantiated description of the language's phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics. It also includes information about its centuries of documented history and its current sociolinguistic situation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Guarani language -- Grammar
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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Guarani language -- Grammar
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781787352872 |
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1787352870 |
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