Ute reference grammar / by T. Givón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Series:

Culture and language use ; v. 3.

Culture and language use, 1879-5838 ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ute language--Grammar.

Ute language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ute is a Uto-Aztecan language of the northernmost (Numic) branch, currently spoken on three reservations in western Colorado and eastern Utah. Like many other native languages of Northern America, Ute is severely endangered. This book is part of the effort toward its preservation. Typologically, Ute offers a cluster of intriguing features, best viewed from the perspective of diachronic change and grammaticalization. The book presents a comprehensive synchronic description of grammatical structures and their communicative functions, as well as a diachronic account of a grammar in the midst of c

Contents:

Ute Reference Grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Foreword; Namu-máy-vaa-tu; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Sound system and orthography; Chapter 3. Word classes and word structure; Chapter 4. Simple clauses; Chapter 5. The diachrony of Ute case-marking; Chapter 6. Tense, aspect, modality and negation; Chapter 7. Noun phrases-I; Chapter 8. Noun phrases-II; Chapter 9. Verbal complements; Chapter 10. De-Transitive Voice; Chapter 11. The diachrony of Ute passives; Chapter 12. Relative clauses; Chapter 13. Contrastive focus and emphasis

Chapter 14. Non-declarative speech actsChapter 15. Possession; Chapter 16. Comparative constructions; Chapter 17. Adverbial clauses; Chapter 18. Clause chaining and discourse coherence; Chapter 19. Lexical derivation patterns; Chapter 20. Interjections; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613122087

9781283122085

1283122081

9789027287410

9027287414

OCLC:

733750317