| Description |
1 online resource. |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas
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Studies in the native languages of the Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The Kotiria and their language -- Phonology -- Words -- Noun classes and noun formation -- Nominal morphology -- Noun phrases -- Verbal semantics and serialization processes -- Nonroot stem morphemes in the verb -- Clause modality -- Clause structure -- Complex sentences. |
| Summary |
This book offers a descriptive grammar of Kotiria (Wanano), a member of the Tukanoan language family spoken in the Vaupes River basin of Colombia and Brazil in the northwest Amazon rain forest. The Kotirias have lived in this remote region for more than seven hundred years and participate in the complex Vaupes social system characterized by longstanding linguistic and cultural interaction. The Kotirias remained relatively isolated from the dominant societies until the early part of the twentieth century, when the region began to experience increasing outside influence leading to processes of rapid social and linguistic change. The author draws on eight years of intensive work with the Kotirias to promote, record, and revitalize their language. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English and Guanano. |
| Subject |
Guanano language -- Grammar.
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Guanano language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stenzel, Kristine. Reference grammar of Kotiria (Wanano). Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013] (DLC) 2013937811 |
| ISBN |
9780803246492 (electronic book) |
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0803246498 (electronic book) |
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1299559441 (electronic book) |
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9781299559448 (electronic book) |
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0803228228 |
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9780803228221 |
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9780803228221 |
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