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A Grammar of Lavukaleve /

Terrill, Angela

A Grammar of Lavukaleve / Angela Terrill. - 1 online resource (562 p.) : 3 maps - Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 30 0933-7636 ; .

I-XXVI -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Phonology and morpho-phonology -- Chapter 3 Word classes -- Chapter 4 Noun phrases and possession -- Chapter 5 Noun formation -- Chapter 6 Gender and agreement -- Chapter 7 Nominal adjuncts -- Chapter 8 Deictics -- Chapter 9 Overview of clause structure, predicate types and core participant marking -- Chapter 10 The Agreement Suffix -- Chapter 11 Focus constructions -- Chapter 12 Tense, aspect and mood -- Chapter 13 Word-level derivation: word class changing and valency changing -- Chapter 14 Complex predicates -- Chapter 15 Clause chaining -- Chapter 16 Subordinate clauses -- Chapter 17 Questions and negation -- Chapter 18 Discourse organisation -- Appendix 1 - Texts -- Appendix 2 - List of affixes -- Appendix 3 - List of lexemes -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Lavukaleve is a Papuan Language spoken on the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. The phonology and morpho-phonology of Lavukaleve are described, as well as arguments adjuncts, the Lavukaleve predicate structure (including predicate types and core participant marking, the agreement suffix, focus constructions, tense, aspect and mood, word-level derivation, complex predicates), interclausal syntax, and the Lavukaleve discourse organisation. The book includes a list of affixes, a list of lexemes, and an appendix with Lavukaleve texts. The data used in this work was collected by the author during five field trips.




Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9783110178876 9783110923964

10.1515/9783110923964 doi


Lavukaleve language--Grammar.
Papuasprachen / Sprache.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference.

PL6621.L38

499/.12