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Handbook of Amazonian languages Volume 1, Amazonian languages. / edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbook of Amazonian Languages ; Volume 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Languages.
- Indians of South America.
- Amazon River Region--Languages.
- Amazon River Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 642 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- Reprint 2010
- Other Title:
- Amazonian languages
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c1986.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Handbook of Amazonian languages. 1
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Introduction / Derbyshire, Desmond C. / Pullum, Geoffrey K.
- Part I: Grammatical Sketches
- Outline of Contents for each chapter in Part I
- Apalai / Koehn, Edward / Koehn, Sally
- Canela-Krahô / Popjes, Jack / Popjes, Jo
- Pirahã / Everett, Daniel L.
- Urubu-Kaapor / Kakumasu, James
- Part II: Word Order and Typological Studies
- Verb Prominence, Verb Initialness, Ergativity and Typological Disharmony in Guajajara / Harrison, Carl H.
- Basic Constituent Order in Yagua Clauses: Implications for Word Order Universals / Payne, Doris L.
- Part III: Comparative Arawakan Studies
- Comparative Survey of Morphology and Syntax in Brazilian Arawakan / Derbyshire, Desmond C.
- Grammatical Characteristics of PreAndine Arawakan Languages of Peru / Wise, Mary Ruth
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9783110850819
- 3110850818
- OCLC:
- 843206821
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