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1 online resource (vi, 407 pages). |
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Series |
Typological studies in language (TSL),
0167-7373 ;
volume 122
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Typological studies in language ; v. 122.
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Note |
Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations -- Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti -- Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname) -- Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham) -- To hi or no to hi? Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana (East Tukano) -- Between verb and noun: exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya -- Nonverbal predication in Movima -- Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil) -- Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivacle (Mataguayan) and Pilaga (Guaykuruan) -- Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria -- Construction with has(a) in Wampis -- Evidence for the development of action nominals in Aweti towards ergatively-marked predicates -- Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Amazon River Region -- Languages -- Topic and comment -- Congresses.
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Amazon River Region. |
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Language and languages. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Overall, Simon E., 1975- editor.
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Vallejos, Rosa, editor.
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Gildea, Spike, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Amazônicas (Conference) (5th : 2014 : Belém, Brazil). Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2018 9789027200525 (DLC) 2018002596 |
ISBN |
9789027264244 (electronic book) |
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9027264244 (electronic book) |
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9789027200525 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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