A grammar of Kukama-Kukamiria : a language from the Amazon

Author/Creator:

Vallejos, Rosa

Publication/Creation:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill

Resource Type:

Book

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Full Title:

A grammar of Kukama-Kukamiria : a language from the Amazon / by Rosa Vallejos

Series Titles:

Brill's studies in the indigenous languages of the Americas ; v. 13
Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas 13.
Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2016-2017, ISBN: 9789004303911.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Indians of South America--Amazon River Region--Languages
Cocama language--Grammar

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Phonetics and Phonology -- 3 Morpheme Types -- 4 Nouns -- 5 Noun Phrase -- 6 Verbs -- 7 Stative Verbs and Adverbial Words -- 8 Clause Structure -- 9 Postpositional Phrases -- 10 Non-verbal Predication -- 11 Complex Predicates -- 12 Sentence Types -- 13 Clause Combining: Events as Arguments and Modifiers -- 14 Clause Linking -- 15 Co-Ranking Constructions -- 16 Topics in the Syntax-Discourse Interface -- 17 Closing Remarks -- Appendix A: Language Consultants -- Appendix B: Samples of Texts -- References -- Index.

Summary:

This book offers a comprehensive description of Kukama-Kukamiria, spoken by about 1000 elders in the Peruvian Amazon. The empirical basis for the grammar is fifteen years of fieldwork, including text data from 36 fluent speakers. Seventeen chapters deal with phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse phenomena. Salient typological features include a robust morphological distinction between male and female speech; the expression of TAM categories via fixed clitics; the encoding of three-place predicates by means of transitive clauses; six directive constructions that distinguish degrees of pragmatic force; and multiple types of purpose clauses that differ in terms of coreference control. This grammar also shows the Tupí-Guarani origin of an important number of Kukama-Kukamiria grammatical structures and advances comparative studies in the region.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 755 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Related Resources Link:

Online resource from Brill

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937339526802486

ISBN:

9789004314528

Other Identifiers:

DOI: 10.1163/9789004314528