Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages /
Nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages /
edited by Simon E. Overall, Rosa Vallejos, Spike Gildea.
- 1 online resource (vi, 407 pages)
- Typological studies in language (TSL), volume 122 0167-7373 ; .
- Typological studies in language ; v. 122. .
Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations -- Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti -- Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname) -- Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham) -- To hi or no to hi? Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana (East Tukano) -- Between verb and noun: exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya -- Nonverbal predication in Movima -- Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil) -- Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivacle (Mataguayan) and Pilaga (Guaykuruan) -- Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria -- Construction with has(a) in Wampis -- Evidence for the development of action nominals in Aweti towards ergatively-marked predicates -- Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban.
9789027264244 (electronic book) 9027264244 (electronic book) (hardcover alkaline paper)
2018021649
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Native American Languages.
Amazon River Region--Languages--Topic and comment--Congresses.
Amazon River Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PM5023 / .A43 2014
498
Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations -- Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti -- Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname) -- Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham) -- To hi or no to hi? Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana (East Tukano) -- Between verb and noun: exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya -- Nonverbal predication in Movima -- Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil) -- Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivacle (Mataguayan) and Pilaga (Guaykuruan) -- Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria -- Construction with has(a) in Wampis -- Evidence for the development of action nominals in Aweti towards ergatively-marked predicates -- Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban.
9789027264244 (electronic book) 9027264244 (electronic book) (hardcover alkaline paper)
2018021649
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY--Native American Languages.
Amazon River Region--Languages--Topic and comment--Congresses.
Amazon River Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
PM5023 / .A43 2014
498