| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 407 pages) |
| Series |
Typological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; volume 122 |
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Typological studies in language ; v. 122.
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| Contents |
Nonverbal predication in Amazonia: Typological and diachronic considerations -- Nonverbal predication and the nonverbal clause type of Mojeño Trinitario -- Nonverbal predication in Paresi-Haliti -- Nonverbal predication in Kari'nja (Cariban, Suriname) -- Nonverbal predicates and copula constructions in Aguaruna (Chicham) -- To hi or no to hi? Nonverbal predication with and without the copula in Kotiria and Wa'ikhana (East Tukano) -- Between verb and noun: exploration into the domain of nonverbal predication in Ecuadorian Secoya -- Nonverbal predication in Movima -- Nonverbal predication in Ninam (northern Brazil) -- Locative, existential and possessive predication in the Chaco: Nivacle (Mataguayan) and Pilaga (Guaykuruan) -- Possessive semantic relations and construction types in Kukama-Kukamiria -- Construction with has(a) in Wampis -- Evidence for the development of action nominals in Aweti towards ergatively-marked predicates -- Reconstructing the copulas and nonverbal predicate constructions in Cariban |
| Notes |
Consists of 13 articles selected from 32 presentations at a special session on nonverbal predication at the international conference, Amazônicas V, that took place in Belém, Brazil, in May 2014 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 14, 2018) |
| Subject |
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Native American Languages.
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| SUBJECT |
Amazon River Region -- Languages -- Topic and comment -- Congresses
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| Subject |
Amazon River Region
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Overall, Simon E., 1975- editor.
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Vallejos, Rosa, editor.
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Gildea, Spike, editor.
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| LC no. |
2018021649 |
| ISBN |
9789027264244 |
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9027264244 |
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