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

• Autore: Wegener Claudia
• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 428.0071
• Soggetto topico: Melanesian languages
• Soggetto geografico: Solomon Islands Languages
• Soggetto non controllato: Grammar; Melanesia; Papuan Languages; Solomon Islands
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: A grammar of Savosavo
• ISBN: 1-283-85718-9; 3-11-028965-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812896103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mouton grammar library ; ; 61.