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Author Coupe, A. R. (Alexander Robertson)

Title A grammar of Mongsen Ao / by A.R. Coupe
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 526 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Mouton grammar library, 0933-7636 ; 39
Mouton grammar library ; 39. 0933-7636
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology and phonological processes -- 3. Prosody -- 4. Word classes -- 5. Clause structure and grammatical functions -- 6. The noun phrase, relative clauses and nominalizations -- 7. Nominal morphology -- 8. Verbs and verbal morphology -- 9. Verbless, copula and existential clauses -- 10. Imperatives -- 11. Clause combining -- Texts -- The story of the longtailed broadbill -- The story of Noksensangba and Imtisangba -- The founding of Mangmetong village -- The birds' conference -- English -- Mongsen Ao glossary
Summary A Grammar of Mongsen Ao, the result of the author's fieldwork over a ten-year period, presents the first comprehensive grammatical description of a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India. The languages of this region remain under-documented for a n
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-516) and index
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Subject Ao language -- Grammar
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
Ao language -- Grammar
Grammatik
Ao-Naga.
Mongsen.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007024522
ISBN 9783110198522
3110198525
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9781281238214
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9786612194450
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