A Grammar of Kilmeri / / Claudia Gerstner-Link.
This book is a description of Kilmeri, a language of Papua New Guinea, based on the author's fieldwork. The volume is dedicated to the detailed description of form and meaning and their interface, which is supported through extensive illustration by examples. The narrative structure of entire t...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Pacific Linguistics [PL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (978 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Content Online Supplement -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Abbreviations and glossing conventions -- Map of the Border languages -- 1. The Kilmeri language and its speakers -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Word classes -- 4. Clause structure and information structure -- 5. Noun phrase structure and nominal morphology -- 6. Verbal TAM morphology -- 7. Grammatical relations -- 8. Complex sentences and discourse coherence -- 9. Syntax and functions of serial verb constructions -- 10. Eventhood in serial verb constructions -- 11. Interrogation -- 12. Negation -- 13. Lexical Semantics -- 14. Orientation in space: Topological relations and frames of reference -- 15. Deixis -- 16. Motion -- 17. Orientation in time -- Bibliography -- Subject Index |
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Summary: | This book is a description of Kilmeri, a language of Papua New Guinea, based on the author's fieldwork. The volume is dedicated to the detailed description of form and meaning and their interface, which is supported through extensive illustration by examples. The narrative structure of entire texts is accessible via a small collection of fully glossed personal and traditional stories included in the Online Supplement. The typological evaluation of selected properties of Kilmeri rounds out the description of the language. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781501506765 9783110762488 9783110719550 9783110742978 9783110604252 9783110603255 9783110604078 9783110603170 |
ISSN: | 1448-8310 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781501506765 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Claudia Gerstner-Link. |