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Author Epps, Patience, 1973-

Title A grammar of Hup / by Patience Epps
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 983 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 43
Mouton grammar library ; 43.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; Chapter 1 Hup and its speakers; Chapter 2 Phonology; Chapter 3 The architecture of the word: parts of speech and formatives; Chapter 4 The noun and nominal morphology; Chapter 5 The complex noun: compounding, possession, and noun classification; Chapter 6 The noun phrase: modification and definiteness; Chapter 7 Nominal discourse-marking morphology; Chapter 8 The verb word; Chapter 9 The compound verb; Chapter 10 Adjectives and adverbial expressions; Chapter 11 Adjusting valency; Chapter 12 Aspect; Chapter 13 Tense and related forms
Summary This work is a reference grammar of Hup, a member of the Nadahup family (also known as Makú or Vaupés-Japura), which is spoken in the fascinatingly multilingual Vaupés region of the northwest Amazon. This detailed description and analysis is informed by a functional-typological perspective, with particular reference to areal contact and grammaticalization. The grammar begins with an introduction to the cultural and linguistic background of Hup speakers, gives an overview of the phonology, and follows this with chapters on morphosyntax (nominal morphology, verbs and verb compounding, tense, asp
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 943-968) and indexes
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Subject Jupda language -- Grammar
Jupda language -- Phonology
Jupda language -- Morphosyntax
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
Grammatik
Hupda Macu.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110199079
3110199076