The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia / / R.M.W. Dixon ; with the assistance of Alan R. Vogel

• Autore: Dixon Robert M. W
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xx, 636 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 498/.9
• Soggetto topico: Jaruara language - Grammar; Jaruara language - Lexicology
• Altri autori: VogelAlan R
• Note generali: Series title from jacket.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [612]-614) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Structure ; 11 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Dixon 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia
• ISBN: 1-383-04142-3; 0-19-926257-8; 1-280-84109-5; 0-19-151507-8; 1-4294-6956-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820239503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Oxford linguistics.