A Grammar of Kulung / Gerard Tolsma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolsma, Gerard Jacobus, author.

Series:

Brill's Tibetan studies library ; Volume 5.

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sino-Tibetan languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2006]

Summary:

This book is the first description of Kulung, a complex-pronominalising Kiranti (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken in eastern Nepal. It contains the phonology, morphology, and syntax as well as sample texts, verbal paradigms, and a Kulung-English lexicon. The data presented here were collected during four field trips which the author undertook to Nepal between 1992 and 1995. This grammar of Kulung is an exhaustive reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology, and linguistic theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies ( www.iias.nl ).

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

LIST OF TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

EDITORIAL FOREWORD

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 The language

1.2 The people

1.3 The grammar

CHAPTER TWO: PHONOLOGY

2.1 Vowels

2.2 Diphthongs

2.3 Consonants

2.4 Suprasegmental phonology

CHAPTER THREE: NOMINAL CATEGORIES

3.1 Number

3.2 Case

3.3 Pronouns

3.4 Numerals

3.5 Adjectives

CHAPTER FOUR: VERB STEM MORPHOLOGY

4.1 Conjugations

4.2 Intransitive conjugations

4.3 Transitive conjugations

4.4 Reflexive conjugations

CHAPTER FIVE: VERBAL AFFIXES

5.1 Prefix

5.2 Suffixes

5.3 Overview of the verbal affixes

5.4 Verbs 'to be'

CHAPTER SIX: COMPOUND VERBS

6.1 The telic auxiliary khama

6.2 The inceptive auxiliaries boima

6.3 The momentaneous auxiliary dima

6.4 The intermediate action auxiliary doima

6.5 The continuous auxiliary cama

6.6 The durative auxiliary yuima

6.7 The perseverative auxiliary lama

6.8 The benefactive auxiliary pima

6.9 The downward auxiliary dama

6.10 The upward auxiliary thoma

6.11 The horizontal auxiliary bama

6.12 The dimittive auxiliary choima

6.13 The itive auxiliary khaima

6.14 The notive auxiliary lema

6.15 The abilitive auxiliary durma

6.16 The velocitive auxiliary namma

6.17 The tardive auxiliary chuma

CHAPTER SEVEN: SUBORDINATION

CHAPTER EIGHT: VERBAL DERIVATION

8.1 Improductive causatives: reflexes of Tibeto-Burman *&lt

-t&gt

directive suffix

8.2 Improductive causatives: reflexes of Tibeto-Burman *&lt

-s&gt

causative suffix

8.3 The productive causativiser

CHAPTER NINE: NON-FINITE VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS

9.1 The perfect gerund

9.2 The present gerund

9.3 The active participle

9.4 The passive participle

9.5 The infinitive.

9.6 The supine

9.7 The impersonal first plural inclusive

CHAPTER 10: SUBORDINATORS

10.1 The temporal subordinator &lt

-lo&gt

10.2 The temporal subordinator &lt

-pka&gt

10.3 The conditional subordinator &lt

-do&gt

10.4 The causal subordinator &lt

-kǝsa&gt

10.5 The concessive subordinator &lt

-doso&gt

CHAPTER ELEVEN: MOOD

11.1 The imperative

11.2 The optative

11.3 The irrealis

CHAPTER TWELVE: PARTICLES

12.1 Question particles

12.2 The topic particle &lt

-kǝ&gt

12.3 The contrastive particle &lt

-ne&gt

12.4 The emphatic particle &lt

-ŋa&gt

12.5 The affirmative particle &lt

-ha&gt

12.6 The assertive particle &lt

-ke&gt

12.7 The probability particle &lt

-pho&gt

12.8 The reported speech particle &lt

-the&gt

12.9 The emotion particle &lt

-i&gt

APPENDIX ONE: SAMPLE TEXTS

1.1 Conversation 1

1.2 Conversation 2: 'To the market'

1.3 Song 1

1.4 Song 2

1.5 Song 3

1.6 Song 4

1.7 Song 5

1.8 Song 6

1.9 Song 7

1.10 Song 8

1.11 Song 9

1.12 Song 10

1.13 Recipe

APPENDIX TWO: PARADIGMS

2.1 Intransitive verbs

2.2 Transitive verbs

2.3 Reflexive verbs

2.4 Irregular verbs

APPENDIX THREE: KULUNG-ENGLISH LEXICON

APPENDIX FOUR: KULUNG KINSHIP TERMS

REFERENCES

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789047418160

9047418166

OCLC:

1290024441