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West Greenlandic : an essential grammar / Lily Kahn and Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahn, Lily, author.
- Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa, author.
- Series:
- Essential grammar
- Routledge essential grammars
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kalaallisut language--Grammar.
- Kalaallisut language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction. Greenlandic within the Eskimo-Aleut language family
- Greenlandic language varieties
- Historical and sociolinguistic introduction to West Greenlandic
- Characteristic features of West Greenlandic
- How to use this grammar
- Phonology and orthography. The alphabet
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Syllables, stress, and intonation
- Morphophonological variation
- Kleinschmidt's orthography
- Nouns. Case and number
- Noun stem types
- Function of cases
- Possessive inflection
- Collective suffixes
- Pronouns. Personal
- Demonstrative
- Interrogative
- Reflexive
- Reciprocal
- Other
- Numerals. Cardinal
- Ordinal
- Noun modification (= adjectives). Attributive modifiers
- Predicative modifiers
- Comparison
- Verbs. Person and number
- Mood
- Tense
- Aspect
- Modality
- Evidentiality
- Causativity
- Reflexivity and reciprocity
- Passivity
- Valency
- Negation
- Participles. Intransitive participle
- Passive participle
- Abstract participle
- Adverbs. Manner
- Time
- Place and direction
- Degree, measure, and quantity
- Modal
- Postpositions. Place and direction
- Conjuctions. Coordinating
- Subordinating
- Particles. Discourse particles and interjections
- Enclitic particles
- Suffixes. Suffix types
- Order of suffixes
- Phrases, clauses, and sentences. Basic word order
- Incorporation
- Definiteness
- Clause types
- Complex sentences
- List of essential suffixes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Kahn, Lily. West Greenlandic
- ISBN:
- 9781315160863
- 1315160862
- Publisher Number:
- 40030736524
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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