Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Volume 1Desmond C. Derbyshire, Geoffrey K. Pullum Just sample textJust sample textJust sample textJust sample textJust sample text |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Outline of Contents for each chapter in Part I | 31 |
CanelaKrahô | 128 |
Pirahā | 200 |
UrubuKaapor | 326 |
Verb Prominence Verb Initialness Ergativity and Typological | 407 |
Implications for Word | 440 |
Comparative Survey of Morphology and Syntax | 469 |
Grammatical Characteristics of PreAndine | 567 |
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Handbook of Amazonian Languages, Volume 1 Desmond C. Derbyshire,Geoffrey K. Pullum Snippet view - 1986 |
Common terms and phrases
adjective adverb affixes Amazonian Amuesha anaphora Arawakan languages basic Brazil Campa Capi CERT clitics CMPL complement constituents constructions cooccur coordination cross-referencing cu-te David Payne deer direct object discourse discussion elements EMPH ergative examples expressed fish free form function gender Guajajara haí hiab i-te ideophone imperative interrogative INTNSF intransitive verbs Jaco jaguar katu kill Kindberg Kryt Linguistics locative main clause main verb manioc marked marker Matteson modifiers morpheme morphological N-ADJ nasal negation Nomatsiguenga nominal NOMLZR noun phrase o-ho occur parataxis participants particles PAST Paumarí person-marking phonological píaii Pirahã Piro plural possessor POSSN postpositional phrases preceding prefix pronominal pronouns rahā reference reflexive rehe relative clause riki sect semantic sentence speaker stative subordinate clauses suffix syllable syntactic tense Terêna third person transitive clauses unmarked verb stems verbal vowel Waurá word order xigí Xoogiái Yagua