A Grammar of Kharia : A South Munda Language
John. Peterson
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Leiden : : BRILL, , 2010.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (498 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Symbols; Abbreviations of Sources; Chapter One Introduction: The Kharia Language; Chapter Two Phonology; Chapter Three Syntactic Atoms; Chapter Four Parts of Speech and the Lexicon; Chapter Five The Case-syntagma (""NPs""); Chapter Six The Tam/Person-syntagma (""Verbs""); Chapter Seven Syntax; Appendix Text: The Nine Totems; Bibliography; General Index; Index of Authors. - Kharia, spoken in central-eastern India, is a member of the southern branch of the Munda family, which forms the western branch of the Austro-Asiatic phylum, stretching from central India to Vietnam. The present study provides the most extensive description of Kharia to date and covers all major areas of the grammar. Of particular interest in the variety of Kharia described here, is that there is no evidence for assuming the existence of parts-of-speech, such as noun, adjective and verb. Rather functions such as reference, modification and predication are expressed by one of two syntactic stru
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| ISBN | 9004187200. - 9789004187207
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