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Author Willis Oko, Christina, author.

Title A grammar of Darma / by Christina Willis Oko
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 574 pages)
Series Brill's Tibetan studies library, 1568-6183
Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region ; volume 22
Brill's Tibetan studies library.
Languages of the greater Himalayan region ; v. 22.
Contents Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Tables -- Figures -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Sound System and Orthography -- An Acoustic Analysis of Sounds in Darma -- Morpho-Phonology -- Noun Phrases, Nouns, and Nominal Morphology -- Pronouns and Demonstratives -- Possession -- Quantifiers -- Adjectives, Adjectivals, and Their Modifiers -- The Structure of the Noun Phrase -- Verbs and Associated Morphology -- Constituent Order and Roles Markers (Reprise) -- Adverbs -- Discourse Markers -- Clause and Sentence Structure -- Combined Clauses -- Discourse and Texts -- Back Matter -- Place Names, Language Names, and Other Information -- Recordings -- Formant Measurements -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "A Grammar of Darma provides the first comprehensive description of this Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Uttarakhand, India. The analysis is informed by a functional-typological framework and draws on a corpus of data gathered through elicitation, observation and recordings of natural discourse. Every effort has been made to describe day-to-day language, so whenever possible, illustrative examples are taken from extemporaneous speech and contextualized. Sections of the grammar should appeal widely to scholars interested in South Asia's languages and cultures, including discussions of the socio-cultural setting, the sound system, morphosyntactic, clause and discourse structure. The grammar's interlinearized texts and glossary provide a trove of useful information for comparative linguists working on Tibeto-Burman languages and anyone interested in the world's less-commonly spoken languages"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2019)
Subject Darmiya language -- Grammar
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019025580
ISBN 9789004409491
9004409491