2s eNT
3pl Ant
3pl Neg
3s Finish
3s Neg
3s Walk
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approximate
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Author_George L. Huttar
Author_Mary L. Huttar
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Category=CJ
consonants
creole linguistics
Den Sama
descriptive grammar of creole languages
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Free Pronouns
Give 2s
gourd
grammatical typology
Indirect Object
language universals
LOC House
Main Verb
mati
Na Wan
nasal
Ne Den
Ne En
Neg Fut
Nonfinite Clauses
Noun Phrase
phonological analysis
range
reduplicated
Serial Verb Constructions
sibling's
spouse
syntactic structures
Thoden Van Velzen
verb serialization
Vowel Deletion
Vowel Sequences
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780415059923
- Weight: 1360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 03 Nov 1994
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume constitutes what is perhaps the most thorough description of a creole language to date. Following the Descriptive Grammar Series outline, it provides detailed coverage of a full range of grammatical, phonological and lexical information, written with the interests of formalists and functionalists, creolists and students of language universals and typology in mind. Expressions of lin-uistic judgements by both native and trained native speakers of Ndyuka combine with close study of texts to provide a solid basis for the work. More than two thousand examples of constructions and forms are considered in context and these give the careful reader a rich picture of all the stuctural and functional aspects of this radical creole. The authors' close acquaintance with the Ndyuka language community spans more than 25 years and allows the intuitions of Ndyuka speakers to show through clearly. Numerous cross references and an index of forms and topics of special interest supplement the detailed table of contents, facilitating the testing of hypotheses on language universals, typology, creolization, and processes such as clefting, relativization and verb serialization.
George L. Huttar, Mary L. Huttar
