A grammar of the great Andamanese language [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnolinguistic study / / by Anvita Abbi
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| Autore: |
Abbi Anvita <1949->
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| Titolo: |
A grammar of the great Andamanese language [[electronic resource] ] : an ethnolinguistic study / / by Anvita Abbi
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| Pubblicazione: | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (331 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 495.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | Andamanese language - Grammar |
| Andamanese language - Etymology | |
| Ethnology - India - Andaman Islands | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Andaman Islands (India) Languages |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Preliminary Material -- I. The Andaman and the Great Andamanese -- II. Phonetics and Phonology -- III. Grammar Overview -- IV. Word Formation Processes -- V. Nouns and Noun Phrases Nouns -- VI. Possession -- VII. Pronouns, Pronominal and Object Clitics -- VIII. Modification Including Temporal and Spatial Deixis -- IX. The Verb and Verb Complex -- X. Syntactic Organisation -- Appendix A: Lico’s Genealogical Affiliation and Her Language Profile -- Appendix B: An Acoustic Study of Problematic Laterals -- Text: The Great Narrative of Phertajido -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographs of Contact Persons. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Winner of the 2015 Kenneth L. Hale Award! A Grammar of the Great Andamanese Language is the first-ever detailed and exhaustive account of Great Andamanese, a moribund language spoken on the Andamanese Islands belonging to India in the Bay of Bengal. This important documentation covers all major areas of the grammar of Great Andamanese and gives us a first detailed look at this unique language, which is on the verge of extinction. Of particular interest here is the discussion of the body division class markers which play an important role throughout much of the grammar and which are documented in this volume for the first time. The volume will be of interest for general linguists from the fields of linguistic typology and areal linguistics as well as those interested in South Asian languages in general. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A grammar of the great Andamanese language |
| ISBN: | 90-04-24612-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787581803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages ; 4.