Typological Grammar of Panare, a Cariban Language of Venezuela, A

Panare language Typology (Linguistics) Venezuela e-böcker
BRILL
2012
EISBN 9789004242197
Introduction-The Language and Its Speakers.
2 Phonology and Morphophonology.
Nouns and Nominals.
Nominal Derivation and "Possessive" Denominalization.
Modification.
The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles.
Verb Derivation.
Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions.
Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions.
Minority Class Verbs.
Noun Phrase Structure.
Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents.
Copula Constructions.
Voice and Valence.
Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories.
Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality.
Questions.
Complementation.
Adverbial and Medial Clauses.
Relative Clauses.
Panare, also known as E'ñapa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar, written from a modern functional/typological perspective.
2 Phonology and Morphophonology.
Nouns and Nominals.
Nominal Derivation and "Possessive" Denominalization.
Modification.
The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles.
Verb Derivation.
Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions.
Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions.
Minority Class Verbs.
Noun Phrase Structure.
Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents.
Copula Constructions.
Voice and Valence.
Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories.
Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality.
Questions.
Complementation.
Adverbial and Medial Clauses.
Relative Clauses.
Panare, also known as E'ñapa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar, written from a modern functional/typological perspective.
