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A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir

2009-05-08 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir by : Elena Maslova

Download or read book A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir written by Elena Maslova. This book was released on 2009-05-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kolyma Yukaghir is a seriously endangered language spoken by about 50 people in the northeast of Asiatic Russia. It is one of the two surviving languages of the Yukaghir family, which is considered by different scholars either as an isolate left over from before the expansion of other languages and language families into Siberia, or as a distant relative of the Uralic family. In many ways, Yukaghir fits the grammatical type widespread among the languages of Siberia, namely that of predominantly verb-final dependent-marking language with relatively rich agglumative morphology and deranking strategies of clause linking. Furthermore, it has a number of typologically remarkably features, which will be of interest to general linguists irrespective of their theoretical orientation. These include Yukaghir focus-marking system, differential object marking based on global effects of person hierarchy, the obligatory use of bound possesive markers to indicate non-coreference of the possessor with the subject, elaborated switch-reference system, initimate interaction between aspect and valence-changing derivation, etc. The book incorporates all major components of descriptive grammar, from phonology to syntax, with a special chapter on coreference and discourse coherence, annotated and translated sample texts, a Yukaghir-English vocabulary, and a subject index. The description is based on extensive field materials and richly exemplified by non-elicited data. The organization of the book facilitates its use as a reference grammar, with numerous cross-references between sections and concise summaries of interrelated phenomena discussed in various parts of the grammar. The book is of interest to scholars of Uralic and Siberian languages, linguistic typology, and general linguistics.

Tundra Yukaghir

2003 Evenki (Asian people)
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Release : 2003
Genre : Evenki (Asian people)
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Book Synopsis Tundra Yukaghir by : Elena Maslova

Download or read book Tundra Yukaghir written by Elena Maslova. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Grammar of Kambera

2011-05-12 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2011-05-12
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Book Synopsis A Grammar of Kambera by : Marian Klamer

Download or read book A Grammar of Kambera written by Marian Klamer. This book was released on 2011-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series builds an extensive collection of high quality descriptions of languages around the world. Each volume offers a comprehensive grammatical description of a single language together with fully analyzed sample texts and, if appropriate, a word list and other relevant information which is available on the language in question. There are no restrictions as to language family or area, and although special attention is paid to hitherto undescribed languages, new and valuable treatments of better known languages are also included. No theoretical model is imposed on the authors; the only criterion is a high standard of scientific quality. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.

A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond

2018-08-29 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2018-08-29
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Book Synopsis A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond by : Andreas Hölzl

Download or read book A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond written by Andreas Hölzl. This book was released on 2018-08-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the distribution of linguistic and specifically structural diversity in Northeast Asia (NEA), defined as the region north of the Yellow River and east of the Yenisei. In particular, it analyzes what is called the grammar of questions (GQ), i.e., those aspects of any given language that are specialized for asking questions or regularly combine with these. The bulk of the study is a bottom-up description and comparison of GQs in the languages of NEA. The addition of the phrase and beyond to the title of this study serves two purposes. First, languages such as Turkish and Chuvash are included, despite the fact that they are spoken outside of NEA, since they have ties to (or even originated in) the region. Second, despite its focus on one area, the typology is intended to be applicable to other languages as well. Therefore, it makes extensive use of data from languages outside of NEA. The restriction to one category is necessary for reasons of space and clarity, and the process of zooming in on one region allows a higher resolution and historical accuracy than is usually the case in linguistic typology. The discussion mentions over 450 languages and dialects from NEA and beyond and gives about 900 glossed examples. The aim is to achieve both a cross-linguistically plausible typology and a maximal resolution of the linguistic diversity of Northeast Asia.

A Grammar of Savosavo

2012-10-30 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2012-10-30
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Book Synopsis A Grammar of Savosavo by : Claudia Wegener

Download or read book A Grammar of Savosavo written by Claudia Wegener. This book was released on 2012-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive description of Savosavo, a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers on Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Based on primary field data recorded by the author, it provides an overview of all levels of grammar. In addition, a full chapter is dedicated to nominalization of verbs by means of one particular suffix, which occur in a number of constructions ranging from lexical to syntactic nominalization. The appendix provides glossed example texts and a list of lexemes.

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