Describing Morphosyntax - A Guide for Field Linguistics

Klappentext This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of the worlds many under-documented languages. It offers readers one possible outline for a grammatical description! with many questions designed to help them address the key topics. The appendices offer guidance on text and elicited data! and on sample reference grammars which readers might wish to consult. Zusammenfassung This book is a guide for linguistic fieldworkers who wish to write a description of the morphology and syntax of one of the world's many under-documented languages. It uses examples from many languages both well known and virtually unknown. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Demographic and ethnographic information; 2. Morphological typology; 3. Grammatical categories; 4. Constituent order typology; 5. Noun and noun-phrase operations; 6. Predicate nominals and related constructions; 7. Grammatical relations; 8. Voice and valence adjusting operations; 9. Other verb and veb-phrase operations; 10. Pragmatically marked structures; 11. Clause combinations; 12. Conclusions: the language in use; Appendices; References; Index of languages, language families, and language areas; Subject index.

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• Authors: Thomas E. Payne, Thomas E. (University of Oregon) Payne, Payne Thomas E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.1997
• EAN: 9780521588058
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58805-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies