Simon E. Overall (University of Otago & Rosa Vallejos (University of New Mexico) Spike Gildea (University of Oregon)
This volume explores typological variation within nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Using abundant data, generally from original and extensive fieldwork on under-described languages, it presents a far more detailed picture of nonverbal predication constructions than previously published grammatical descriptions. On the one hand, it addresses the fact that current typologies of nonverbal predication are less developed than those of verbal predication; on the other, it provides a wealth of new data and analyses of Amazonian languages, which are still poorly represented in existing...
This volume explores typological variation within nonverbal predication in Amazonian languages. Using abundant data, generally from original and exten...