03551nam 2200697 a 450 991082023950332120200520144314.01-383-04142-30-19-926257-81-280-84109-50-19-151507-81-4294-6956-010.1093/oso/9780199270675.001.0001(CKB)1000000000405011(EBL)422557(OCoLC)437108823(SSID)ssj0000185237(PQKBManifestationID)12039288(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000185237(PQKBWorkID)10210079(PQKB)10122565(MiAaPQ)EBC422557(Au-PeEL)EBL422557(CaPaEBR)ebr10263644(CaONFJC)MIL84109(OCoLC)1406780945(StDuBDS)9781383041422(EXLCZ)99100000000040501120050223d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia /R.M.W. Dixon ; with the assistance of Alan R. Vogel1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20041 online resource (xx, 636 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrations, mapsOxford linguisticsSeries title from jacket.0-19-960069-4 0-19-927067-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [612]-614) and index.Contents; List of Plates; List of Tables; Organization and Cross-references; Abbreviations and Conventions; Map 1 Approximate locations of languages of the Arawá family; Map 2 Location of Madi dialects, and of Paumarí; 1 Introduction: The Language and its Speakers; 2 Phonology; 3 Grammatical Overview; 4 Predicate Structure: General; 5 Predicate Structure: Miscellaneous Suffixes; 6 Predicate Structure: The Tense-Modal System; 7 Predicate Structure: Secondary Verbs, Mood, and Negation; 8 Verbal Derivations: Causative and Applicative; 9 Verbal Reduplication; 10 Noun Phrase Structure11 Possessed Nouns, and Adjectives; 12 Demonstratives and Related Forms; 13 Copula Clauses; 14 Structure of a Verbal Main Clause; 15 Commands and Questions; 16 A-Constructions and O-Constructions; 17 Complement Clauses; 18 Dependent Clauses; 19 Nominalized Clauses; 20 Peripheral Markers jaa and ni-jaa; 21 Other Peripheral Markers; 22 The Relational Noun ihi/ehene 'Due to, Because of'; 23 List Constructions; 24 Syntactic Organization; 25 Word Class Derivations; 26 Topics in Semantics; 27 Prehistory; Texts; References; Vocabulary; List of Affixes; IndexDixon describes the hauntingly complex structure of Jarawara, spoken by just 170 Indians. He shared their daily lives, deep in the Amazonian jungle, during seven field trips. The author explains how their unusual language reflects their environment and their mental attitudes.Oxford linguistics.Jaruara languageGrammarJaruara languageLexicologyJaruara languageGrammar.Jaruara languageLexicology.498/.9Dixon Robert M. W110045Vogel Alan R978528MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820239503321The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia2230362UNINA