The Tangam Language : Grammar, Lexicon and Texts.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements and Dedication -- List of Plates, Figures, and Tables -- Orthography and Other Conventions -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction to Tangam Language and Culture -- A Who and Where are the Tangam? -- B Linguistic and Cultural Context -- C Material Culture and Traditions -- D Looking Ahead -- Chapter 2 Grammar -- A Phonology and Morphophonology -- 1 Segmental Phonology -- 1.1 Segment Inventory -- 1.2 Phonemicity of Segments -- 1.3 Historical Phonology -- 2 Syllable Structure -- 2.1 Resyllabification of V.VV and VV.V Sequences -- 3 Stress -- 4 Tone -- 5 Phonological Processes I: Syllable Initials -- 5.1 Alternation among l and r -- 5.2 Alternation among s and h -- 5.3 Intervocalic Glide Deletion -- 6 Phonological Processes II: Syllable Finals -- 6.1 Type 1 - Light Syllables -- Rhyme = -V -- 6.2 Type 2 - Heavy Syllables -- Rhyme = -Vː -- 6.3 Type 3 - Heavy Syllables -- Rhyme = -Vŋ -- 6.4 Type 4 - Heavy Syllables -- Rhyme = -Vk -- 6.5 Type 5 - Heavy Syllables -- Rhyme = -Vt -- 6.6 Type 6 - Heavy Syllables -- Rhyme = -Vn -- 6.7 Summary of Processes Affecting Syllable Finals -- 7 Phonological and Grammatical Words -- B Lexicon and Morphology -- 8 Morphological Classes -- 9 Overview of Major Lexical Classes and Word Structures -- 10 Noun and Adjective Types and Structures -- 10.1 Common Nouns and Adjectives -- 10.2 Kinship Terms -- 10.3 Time Nouns -- 10.4 Adjective -- 11 Verb and Predicate Types and Structures -- 11.1 Predicate Types and Structures -- 11.2 Verb Types and Predicate Transitivity -- 11.3 Existence -- 11.4 Speech, Perception and Cognition -- 11.5 Predicate Derivations -- 11.6 Predicate Inflections -- 12 Minor Word Classes -- 12.1 Adverbs -- 12.2 Ideophones -- 12.3 Particles -- C Syntax -- 13 Noun Phrase -- 13.1 Pronouns -- 13.2 Premodifiers 1: Genitive Phrases.

13.3 Premodifiers 2: Nominalized Clauses and Relative Clause Formation -- 13.4 Post-modifiers: Numerals, Classifiers, Relator Nouns and Qualifying Nouns -- 13.5 Referential and Relational Marking -- 13.6 Coordination -- 14 Predicate Phrase -- 15 Clause Types -- 15.1 Predicative Clauses -- 15.2 Appositive Clauses -- 16 Dependent Clauses -- 16.1 Finite Conjoined -- 16.2 Co-Subordinate -- 16.3 Adverbial -- 16.4 Reported Speech and Related Complementation Constructions -- 17 Derived Clause Structures (Voice Constructions) -- 17.1 Applicative -- 17.2 Passive -- 17.3 Autonomous/Reflexive ("Middle") -- 17.4 Collective and Reciprocal -- 18 Non-Declarative Speech Acts -- 18.1 Interrogative Clauses -- 18.2 Imperative and Hortative Clauses -- Chapter 3 Lexicon -- Index 1: English to Tangam -- Index 2: Lower Adi to Tangam -- Chapter 4 Texts -- Text 1 -- Text 2 -- Text 3 -- Text 4 -- Bibliography -- Index of Topics.

Tangam is a critically endangered Trans-Himalayan language spoken by 150 hilltribespeople in the Far Eastern Himalaya. This work presents a cultural, historical and grammatical introduction to the Tangam language, a trilingual lexicon in Tangam, English and Minyong, and analysed texts.

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