A Grammar of Dolakha Newar is the first fully comprehensive reference
grammar of a Newar variety. Dolakha Newar is of particular interest as
it is member of the mutually unintelligible eastern branch of the
family, so allows for an important comparative perspective on this
significant Tibeto-Burman language. In addition to a chapter on
phonetics and phonology, the book contains a separate chapter on
prosody. There are also distinct chapters on each word class, with
full discussion of the morphological and syntactic properties of each
class. The book provides an extensive study of syntax, including
complete chapters on constructions, clause structure, constituent
order, grammatical relations, nominalization, complementation, the
participial construction, and the complex sentence, as well as a
detailed chapter on tense and aspect. Brimming with examples from
natural discourse, the book couples rigorous description of the
language's structures with full discussion of how the structures are
used in connected speech. Each analysis is presented with full
argumentation and competing analyses are contrasted and discussed. The
result is a rich, readable, and beautifully argued portrait of a
language and how it works.
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ISBN
9783110198812
Publisert
2015
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Vendor
De Gruyter Mouton
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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