Evenki

ISBN-13: 9780415026406 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 368 str.

Igor Nedjalkov;Nedjalkov Igor

Opis

Evenki is one of nine Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia and Northern China. This volume provides a complete description of the linguistic domain of this language. Evenki is remarkable both for the vast area where it is spoken - from Western Siberia through the Amur region to the shores of the Arctic Ocean to Northern China - and for its number of dialects and sub-dialects. More than two dozen non-finite verb forms are analyzed in detail in sections devoted to subordination, and a variety of postpositions and locative cases fulfilling various adverbial functions are dealt with in relevant sections. Lexical groups are presented together with the basic Evenki vocabulary. Main findings of research here include the complete semantic analysis of the verb forms derived by means of the production passive marker, and detailed investigation of tense and aspect verb forms. These investigations enabled the author to give the complete morpheme ordering rule for Evenki verb form.

Spis treści

Introduction, Representation of Evenki examples 1. SYNTAX 2. MORPHOLOGY 3. PHONOLOGY 4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS 5. LEXICON

O autorze

Igor Nedjalkov