A Grammar of Urarina [With CD]

ISBN-13: 9783110190205 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 961 str.

Knut J. Olawsky

Opis

Urarina is an endangered language spoken by less than 3,000 people in the rainforests of North-western Peru and is not related to any other language family in the area. This book provides a comprehensive description of Urarina grammar covering all areas of the language. Features not commonly found in other languages include the word order (object-verb-subject) and a fascinating array of morphological forms. A Grammar of Urarina is based on the framework of basic linguistic theory, which will be accessible to scholars from a wide range of backgrounds. The book fills a gap not only for studies in Amazonian languages but also from a typological perspective.

Recenzje

"This is a comprehensive description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of a little known Amazonian language, and should be of interest to typologists and linguists interested in Amazonian and Native American languages. Olawsky's description of Urarina is objective, clearly written, and extremely detailed, and it provides multiple examples of all sounds, morphemes, word classes and syntactic constructions discussed."
Carolina González in: Linguist List 19.1916

O autorze

Knut Olawsky, Mirima Dawang-Woorlab-Gerring Language and Culture Centre, Australia.