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Contents
6 Derivational morphology | 177 |
62 The morpheme ng | 197 |
63 The interaction of pa and ng | 234 |
64 The circumfix kak | 245 |
65 The prefixes ha1 and ha2 | 247 |
66 The prefix ka | 251 |
67 The prefix la | 260 |
68 The prefix ma | 261 |
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27 Summary and conclusions | 42 |
3 Morphological and syntactic units | 45 |
32 Inflection and derivation | 58 |
33 Pronominal clitics | 60 |
34 Grammatical relations | 72 |
35 Structure of the clause | 77 |
4 Word classes | 91 |
42 Similarities between nouns and verbs | 96 |
43 The absence of adjectives | 115 |
44 Adverbs | 119 |
45 Prepositions | 122 |
46 Other categories | 128 |
47 Summary and conclusions | 144 |
5 Intransitive argument linking | 145 |
51 The distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs | 146 |
S is marked with dative clitic | 148 |
S is marked with genitive and dative clitics | 151 |
S is marked with nominative and accusative clitics | 158 |
55 The absolutive construction | 161 |
56 Conclusions | 173 |
noncontrolled intransitive verbs | 262 |
610 The prefix ta agentless intransitive achievement verbs | 265 |
interaction of some prefixes | 270 |
612 Summary and conclusions | 271 |
7 Complex verbs | 275 |
72 Instrumental comitative and locative complex verbs | 284 |
73 Phrasal verbs of emotion and appearance | 304 |
74 Summary and conclusions | 313 |
8 Subordinate clauses | 315 |
81 Relative clauses | 316 |
82 Complement clauses | 338 |
83 Summary and conclusions | 353 |
Kambera texts | 355 |
2 Process description Na ngara ngia tundung uhu How to grow rice | 358 |
3 Prayer | 364 |
Njara Hawurung A flying horse | 368 |
La rehi Nipong In the Japanese Era | 383 |
Landu Niki | 388 |
Notes | 395 |
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Common terms and phrases
3S.CONT PRF 3SA ART 3SD PRF accusative clitic adverbs affixes applicative object applicative verb argument ART RMS base verb child CNJ 3SN comitative complex verb consonant continuative aspect crossreferenced dàngu dative clitic deictic derived verbs direct object discussed in section enclitic expressed function grammatical hàmu horse ideophonic illustrated instrumental object Intended reading intransitive verbs Kambera laku language lexical liver marked marker meti morpheme morphological nanya nasal consonant ngàndi ngangu ngga nggau nggu ningu njara nominal clauses nominal predicate nouns nuclear clause nyuna nyungga object clitic object NP Onvlee paragogic phonological phonotactic prefix prenasalised preposition proclitic pronominal clitics pronouns properties prosodic prosodic word reduplication relative clause relativised rice root say-3SG semantic sentences serial verb constructions structure suffix Sumba syllable syntactic transitive Umbu Mada verbal vowel wà-na wài wàngu