A Grammar of the Kabardian Language.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colarusso, John, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kabardian language--Grammar.

Kabardian language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Calgary, AB, CAN University of Calgary Press 19920101

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive grammar of a non-Indo-European language from the Northwest Caucasian family in a language other than Russian. Kabardian is complex at every level. The language treated is not the literary standard, but Kabardian as it was found in texts and in the mouths of Kabardians. This study is an advance over grammatical sketches of related languages in that it gives a complete account of the phonology and morphology of the language, accounting for what were previously known as "random variants." A Grammar of the Kabardian Language also gives the reader the first account of the syntax of this language. It will give the area specialist access to the language. It will give the linguist interested in complex languages access to an extraordinarily difficult language, and it will give the theoretical linguist access to a language that exhibits topological exotica at every level of its grammar, from phonetics to the lexicon.

Contents:

Front Matter

Analytical Table of Contents

Preface

Maps

Ethnographic Introduction

Phonetics and Phonology

Morphology of the Noun, Adjective, and Pronoun

The Morphology of the Verb

Word Formation

Syntax

Analysed Text

Symbols and Abbreviations

Bibliography

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610945382

9780585173320

058517332X

9780919813960

0919813968

9781552383568

1552383563

9781280945380

1280945389

9781459302297

145930229X

OCLC:

243500799