1. The language and its speakers -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Word classes -- 4. Nominal morphology and noun structure -- 5. Noun classes and classifiers -- 6. Possession -- 7. Case marking and grammatical relations -- 8. Number -- 9. Further nominal categories -- 10. Derivation and compounding -- 11. Closed word classes -- 12. Verb classes and predicate structure -- 13. Valency changing and argument rearranging mechanisms -- 14. Tense and evidentiality -- 15. Aspect, Aktionsart and degree -- 16. Mood and modality -- 17. Negation -- 18. Serial verb constructions and verb compounding -- 19. Complex predicates -- 20. Participles and nominalisations -- 21. Clause types and other syntactic issues
Summary
A comprehensive reference grammar of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 682-689) and index
