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A Grammar of Vurës, Vanuatu / Catriona Malau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pacific Linguistics [PL] ; 651Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (XXVI, 779 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781501511660
  • 9781501503580
  • 9781501503641
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 499/.5 23
LOC classification:
  • PL6335 .M35 2016eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Basic clause structure -- 4. Word classes -- 5. Morphology -- 6. Noun phrases -- 7. Possession -- 8. Adjuncts -- 9. Spatial reference -- 10. The verb complex -- 11. Serial verb constructions -- 12. Subordinate clauses -- 13. Coordination -- Appendices -- References -- Index
Summary: This book is a comprehensive grammatical description of the Vurës language, spoken on the island of Vanua Lava, in the Banks group of islands, northern Vanuatu. Vurës is a previously undescribed language, with very few minor published works referring to the language.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Basic clause structure -- 4. Word classes -- 5. Morphology -- 6. Noun phrases -- 7. Possession -- 8. Adjuncts -- 9. Spatial reference -- 10. The verb complex -- 11. Serial verb constructions -- 12. Subordinate clauses -- 13. Coordination -- Appendices -- References -- Index

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This book is a comprehensive grammatical description of the Vurës language, spoken on the island of Vanua Lava, in the Banks group of islands, northern Vanuatu. Vurës is a previously undescribed language, with very few minor published works referring to the language.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)