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A Typological Grammar of Panare, a Cariban Language of Venezuela / by Thomas E. Payne, Doris L. Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Thomas Edward, 1951- author.
- Payne, Doris L., 1952- author.
- Series:
- Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 5.
- Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas ; v. 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Panare language--Grammar.
- Panare language.
- Panare language--Syntax.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Syntax.
- Grammar.
- Venezuela--Languages.
- Venezuela.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- 467 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- LEIDEN ; BOSTON : BRILL, 2013.
- Summary:
- 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 form 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. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction-The Language and Its Speakers
- 2 Phonology and Morphophonology
- Nouns and Nominals
- Nominal Derivation and "Possessive" Denominalization
- Modification
- The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles
- Verb Derivation
- Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions
- Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions
- Minority Class Verbs
- Noun Phrase Structure
- Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents
- Copula Constructions
- Voice and Valence
- Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories
- Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality
- Questions
- Complementation
- Adverbial and Medial Clauses
- Relative Clauses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9004228217
- 9789004228214
- OCLC:
- 808421682
- Publisher Number:
- 99959294719
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