03542nam 2200553 450 991079273740332120240102235737.090-04-34010-610.1163/9789004340107(MiAaPQ)EBC4825539(OCoLC)962552970(nllekb)BRILL9789004340107(CKB)3710000001095502(EXLCZ)99371000000109550220170405h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA grammar of Nungon a Papuan language of Northeast New Guinea /by Hannah S. SarvasyLeiden, The Netherlands ;Boston, [Massachusetts] :Brill Rodopi,2017.©20171 online resource (659 pages) illustrations, maps, tablesGrammars and language sketches of the world's languages : Mainland and insular South East Asia,2352-934290-04-33750-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminary Material /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Setting /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Phonology /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Word Classes /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Nominal Morphology and Noun Phrase Structure /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Final Verbs /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Non-Final Verbs /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Pronouns and Demonstratives /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Grammatical Relation-Marking Postpositions /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Possession /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Clause Types /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Complex Predicates /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Clause Combining /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Discourse /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Appendix: Nungon Texts /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- References /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Author Index /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Languages Index /Hannah S. Sarvasy -- Subject Index /Hannah S. Sarvasy.A Grammar of Nungon is the most comprehensive modern reference grammar of a language of northeast Papua New Guinea. Nungon is a previously-undescribed Finisterre-Huon Papuan language spoken by about 1,000 people in the Saruwaged Mountains, Morobe Province. Hannah Sarvasy provides a rich description of the language in its cultural context, based on original immersion fieldwork. The exposition is extraordinarily thorough, covering phonetics, phonology, word classes, morphology, grammatical relations, switch-reference, valency, complex predicates, clause combining, possession, information structure, and the pragmatics of communication. Four complete interlinearized Nungon monologues and dialogues supplement the copious textual examples. A Grammar of Nungon sets a new standard of thoroughness for reference works on languages of this region.Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages4.Nungon languageGrammarFinisterre-Huon languagesGrammarPapuan languagesGrammarLinguisticsPapua New GuineaMorobe ProvincePapua New GuineaLanguagesMorobe Province (Papua New Guinea)LanguagesNungon languageGrammar.Finisterre-Huon languagesGrammar.Papuan languagesGrammar.Linguistics499.12Sarvasy Hannah S.1102495MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792737403321A grammar of Nungon3747848UNINA