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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas ; 5
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Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; 5.
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| Contents |
Introduction-The Language and Its Speakers -- 2 Phonology and Morphophonology -- Nouns and Nominals -- Nominal Derivation and "Possessive" Denominalization -- Modification -- The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles -- Verb Derivation -- Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions -- Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions -- Minority Class Verbs -- Noun Phrase Structure -- Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents -- Copula Constructions -- Voice and Valence -- Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories -- Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality -- Questions -- Complementation -- Adverbial and Medial Clauses -- Relative Clauses. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Panare, also known as E'ñapa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar, written from a modern functional/typological perspective. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Panare language -- Grammar.
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Panare language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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Panare language -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Venezuela -- Languages.
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Venezuela. |
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Language and languages. |
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Electronic books.
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Grammatica's (vorm)
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| Added Author |
Payne, Doris L., 1952- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Payne, Thomas Edward, 1951- author. Typological Grammar of Panare, a Cariban Language of Venezuela. LEIDEN ; BOSTON : BRILL, 2012 9789004228214 (DLC) 2012042950 (OCoLC)808421682 |
| ISBN |
9789004242197 (electronic book) |
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9004242198 (electronic book) |
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9789004228214 |
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9004228217 |
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