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A Grammar of Nungon : (Record no. 124501)

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International Standard Book Number 9789004340107
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 9789004337503
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System control number (MiAaPQ)EBC4825539
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Original cataloging agency MiAaPQ
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PL6265 .S278 2017
082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 499.12
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Sarvasy, Hannah.
245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A Grammar of Nungon :
Remainder of title A Papuan Language of Northeast New Guinea.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st ed.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Boston :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer BRILL,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2017.
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2017.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (659 pages)
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Carrier type term online resource
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages Series ;
Volume/sequential designation v.4
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables -- List of Maps and Figures -- Conventions -- Abbreviations -- 1 Setting -- 1.1 Linguistic Profile of Nungon -- 1.2 Linguistic Kin: Finisterre-Huon Papuan Languages -- 1.3 External Linguistic Influences on Nungon -- 1.4 Uruwa Geography -- 1.5 Nungon Dialects -- 1.6 History -- 1.7 Village Life in 2011-2013 -- 1.8 Special Types of Language -- 1.9 Nonverbal Communication -- 2 Phonology -- 2.1 Consonants -- 2.2 Vowels -- 2.3 Non-Phonemic Sounds, and Nungon Descriptions of Them -- 2.4 Phonotactics -- 2.5 Phonetics and Phonology of Other Nungon Dialects -- 2.6 Stress in Non-Verbs -- 2.7 Stress in Verbs -- 2.8 Phonological Processes -- 2.9 Intonation -- 2.10 Intra-Dialect Phonological Variation -- 2.11 Inter-Generational Phonological Variation -- 3 Word Classes -- 3.1 Nouns -- 3.2 Adjectives -- 3.3 Verbs -- 3.4 Adverbs -- 3.5 Closed Classes -- 4 Nominal Morphology and Noun Phrase Structure -- 4.1 Nominal Morphology -- 4.2 Deverbal Nominalization -- 4.3 Noun Phrase Structure I: Minimal NPs, and Nouns Modifying Nouns -- 4.4 Noun Phrase Structure II: Adjectives Modify ing Nouns -- 4.5 Noun Phrase Structure III: Complex NPs -- 4.6 Noun Phrase Structure IV: Negation with Noun Phrases -- 5 Final Verbs -- 5.1 Morpho-Phonological Verb Classes -- 5.2 Transitivity-Related Verb Classes -- 5.3 Verbs with Obligatory Object Prefixes -- 5.4 Tense Inflections -- 5.5 Mood and Reality Status Inflections -- 6 Non-Final Verbs -- 6.1 Non-Final Verb Forms -- 6.2 Functional Distinction between Dependent and Medial Verbs -- 6.3 Switch-Reference -- 6.4 Non-Canonical Uses of Dependent and Medial Verbs -- 6.5 Aspect Marking -- 6.6 Aspect Marking on Non-Final Verbs and Deverbal Nominalizations -- 6.7 Other Ways of Indicating Aspect -- 6.8 Causative Constructions -- 7 Pronouns and Demonstratives -- 7.1 Pronouns.
505 8# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 7.2 Demonstratives -- 8 Grammatical Relation-Marking Postpositions -- 8.1 Overview of Postposition Distribution -- 8.2 Focus Postposition =ho -- 8.3 Benefactive Postposition =ha -- 8.4 Genitive Postposition =hon -- 8.5 Locative Postposition =dek -- 8.6 Locative Suffix -(i)n -- 8.7 Restrictive and Durative Postposition =gon -- 8.8 Comitative Postposition/Suffix =rot/-ot -- 9 Possession -- 9.1 Genitive Constructions with =hon -- 9.2 Possession with Pertensive Markers -- 9.3 Summary of Possession with the Genitive, Pertensive Markers, and Free Pronouns -- 9.4 Predicative Possession -- 9.5 Kinship and Possession -- 10 Clause Types -- 10.1 Verbless Clauses -- 10.2 Constituent Order in Verbal Clauses -- 10.3 Introduction to Grammatical Mood in Nungon -- 10.4 Imperatives and Commands -- 10.5 Questions -- 11 Complex Predicates -- 11.1 Light Verb Constructions -- 11.2 Tight Multi-Verb Constructions -- 12 Clause Combining -- 12.1 Final Clause Coordination -- 12.2 Relative Constructions in Nungon -- 12.3 Complementation Strategies -- 12.4 Subordinate Final Clauses -- 12.5 Relativizer/Specifier =ma -- 12.6 Speech Reports -- 13 Discourse -- 13.1 Clause-Level Morphology -- 13.2 Information Structure -- 13.3 Afterthoughts: Information Appended to Final Clauses -- 13.4 Discourse Structure -- 13.5 Pragmatics of Communication -- Appendix: Nungon Texts -- Dialogue I: Advice for a Son Leaving for Boarding School -- Dialogue II: Confrontation with a Surly Teenager -- Narrative I: The Old Kâte Language School at Boksawin -- Narrative II: Recollection of Becoming Temporarily Insane -- References -- Author Index -- Languages Index -- Subject Index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. A Grammar of Nungon is the comprehensive reference grammar of Nungon, a previously-undescribed Papuan language of northeast Papua New Guinea. Hannah Sarvasy provides a rich description of the language in its cultural context, based on original immersion fieldwork.
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Source of description note Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN)
Local note Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Nungon language-Grammar.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Finisterre-Huon languages-Grammar.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Papuan languages-Grammar.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Linguistics-Papua New Guinea-Morobe Province.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Papua New Guinea-Languages.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Morobe Province (Papua New Guinea)-Languages.
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Genre/form data or focus term Electronic books.
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Relationship information Print version:
Main entry heading Sarvasy, Hannah
Title A Grammar of Nungon
Place, publisher, and date of publication Boston : BRILL,c2017
International Standard Book Number 9789004337503
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element ProQuest (Firm)
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages Series
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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