Wari

This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language and makes an important contribution to linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered, and less than 2,000 known speakers of Wari and its related dialects are left in existence.

List of contents

Preface OVERVIEW OF 'ORO NAO' GRAMMAR 1. SYNTAX 2. MORPHOLOGY 3. PHONOLOGY 4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS 5. LEXICON 6. TEXTS

About the author

Daniel L. Everett, Barbara Kern

Summary

This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language, and makes an important contribution to the database of linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel L Everett, Daniel L. Everett, Daniel L. Kern Everett, Everett Daniel L., Barbara Kern, Kern Barbara
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415844796
• ISBN: 978-0-415-84479-6
• No. of pages: 534
• Series: Descriptive Grammars
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)