A Grammar Of Dumi
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Author |
: George van Driem |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 473 |
Release |
: 2011-07-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110880915 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110880911 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Dumi by : George van Driem
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.
Author |
: Diana Schackow |
Publisher |
: Language Science Press |
Total Pages |
: 623 |
Release |
: 2015-10-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783946234111 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3946234119 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis A grammar of Yakkha by : Diana Schackow
This grammar provides the first comprehensive grammatical description of Yakkha, a Sino-Tibetan language of the Kiranti branch. Yakkha is spoken by about 14,000 speakers in eastern Nepal, in the Sankhuwa Sabha and Dhankuta districts. The grammar is based on original fieldwork in the Yakkha community. Its primary source of data is a corpus of 13,000 clauses from narratives and naturally-occurring social interaction which the author recorded and transcribed between 2009 and 2012. Corpus analyses were complemented by targeted elicitation. The grammar is written in a functional-typological framework. It focusses on morphosyntactic and semantic issues, as these present highly complex and comparatively under-researched fields in Kiranti languages. The sequence of the chapters follows the well-established order of phonological, morphological, syntactic and discourse-structural descriptions. These are supplemented by a historical and sociolinguistic introduction as well as an analysis of the complex kinship terminology. Topics such as verbal person marking, argument structure, transitivity, complex predication, grammatical relations, clause linkage, nominalization, and the topography-based orientation system have received in-depth treatment. Wherever possible, the structures found were explained in a historical-comparative perspective in order to shed more light on how their particular properties have emerged.
Author |
: Mark Turin |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 1003 |
Release |
: 2011-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004155268 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004155260 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of the Thangmi Language by : Mark Turin
This monograph is a grammar of Thangmi, an endangered Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok in central-eastern Nepal. The language is spoken by upwards of 30,000 people belonging to an ethnic group of the same name. The Thangmi are one of Nepal s least documented communities.These two volumes include a grammatical description of the Dolakha dialect of Thangmi, a collection of glossed oral texts and a comprehensive lexicon with relevant examples. In addition, the reader will find an extensive ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture.For students and scholars of anthropology and linguistics, this study is a compelling illustration of the interweaving of these disciplines in the context of Himalayan studies.With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl).
Author |
: Heleen Plaisier |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004155251 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004155252 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar Of Lepcha by : Heleen Plaisier
This highly readable book is the first comprehensive reference grammar of the Lepcha language of Darjeeling, Sikkim and Kalimpong. This grammar explains the structure of the language, its sound system and salient features, and includes a lexicon and cultural history.
Author |
: Netra Mani Rai |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 438 |
Release |
: 2017 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3862888320 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783862888320 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Dumi by : Netra Mani Rai
This study explains a grammatical description of the Dumi language insightfully guided by the framework of functional typological grammar, developed by Talmy Givón (1984-2001). Dumi, a Kirati language of the Rai group is poorly described Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Khotang district of Eastern Nepal. This grammar covers the main areas: phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse analysis. Dumi has 26 consonants together with the glottal stop (?) and seven basic vowel phonemes with length contrast. Dumi is morphologically an ergative-absolutive language which is rich in case system. The nominals in Dumi are inflected for a number of cases. They are marked in two ways: case clitics and postpositions. Dumi has two types of tenses: past and non-past which are morphologically marked. Dumi is one of the agglutinating languages, and hence, morphemes attached to the verb stem: tense, number and person. The verb agreement is triggered by the number, person and honorificity of the nominative subject. It is a left branching and dependent marking language with the basic SOV constituent order that can also be used freely. For topicalization and focusing the constituents may be permuted within the clause. In Dumi, the subordination system includes complement, adverbial, relative and converbal clauses.
Author |
: Anton Lustig |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 1669 |
Release |
: 2010-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004184893 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004184899 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar and Dictionary of Zaiwa (2 Vols.) by : Anton Lustig
This work is a thorough and unique documentation of the conceptual universe expressed through the typologically highly interesting Zaiwa language of the Jingpo minority in China.
Author |
: Picus Sizhi Ding |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 405 |
Release |
: 2014-06-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004279773 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004279776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Prinmi by : Picus Sizhi Ding
A Grammar of Prinmi represents the first in-depth description of a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by the Pǔmǐ Nationality and the Zàng Nationality (in Mùlǐ, Sichuan) in southwest China. Prinmi belongs to the Qiangic branch and is closely related to the extinct language of Tangut. Picus Ding examines in the grammar the phonology (both segmental and suprasegmental), morphology, syntax and information structure of Prinmi, with two sample texts and an English-Prinmi glossary provided in appendices. Some noteworthy features of Prinmi include a wealth of clitics (appearing as proclitic, enclitic, mesoclitic or endoclitic), a lexical tone system akin to Japanese, and a collection of existential verbs that discriminates concreteness, animacy, and location.
Author |
: Marian Klamer |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 469 |
Release |
: 2011-05-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110805536 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110805537 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Kambera by : Marian Klamer
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.
Author |
: Jeffrey Heath |
Publisher |
: Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages |
: 473 |
Release |
: 2011-04-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783110804850 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3110804859 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Koyra Chiini by : Jeffrey Heath
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.
Author |
: Jean Robert Opgenort |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 431 |
Release |
: 2005-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789047415084 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9047415086 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Grammar of Jero by : Jean Robert Opgenort
This description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the endangered (Tibeto-Burman) Jero language as spoken in eastern Nepal, appears in sequel to the author's 2004 Grammar of Wambule, the language most closely related to Jero. It pictures the complex-pronominalising language of the Jero Rai, one of the Kiranti tribes of eastern Nepal. With a historical comparative study of the Kiranti languages, the branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family to which both Jero and Wambule belong. An exhaustive and model reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology and linguistic theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl).