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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786436503321

Autore

Wegener Claudia

Titolo

A grammar of Savosavo [[electronic resource] /] / by Claudia Wegener

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012

ISBN

1-283-85718-9

3-11-028965-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Collana

Mouton grammar library, , 0933-7636 ; ; 61

Disciplina

428.0071

Soggetti

Melanesian languages

Solomon Islands Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. The language and its speakers -- Chapter 2. Phonology -- Chapter 3. Word formation -- Chapter 4. Word classes and phrase types -- Chapter 5. Noun phrases -- Chapter 6. The verb complex -- Chapter 7. Independent basic clauses -- Chapter 8. Complex clauses -- Chapter 9. Nominalization with -ghu 'NMLZ' -- Appendix A. Example texts -- Appendix B. List of lexemes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first comprehensive description of Savosavo, a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers on Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Based on primary field data recorded by the author, it provides an overview of all levels of grammar. In addition, a full chapter is dedicated to nominalization of verbs by means of one particular suffix, which occur in a number of constructions ranging from lexical to syntactic nominalization. The appendix provides glossed example texts and a list of lexemes.