Epps A Grammar of Hup

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ISBN: 978-3-11-019907-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 43, 1006 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 10 g

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This work is a reference grammar of Hup, a member of the Nadahup family (also known as Makú or Vaupés-Japura), which is spoken in the fascinatingly multilingual Vaupés region of the northwest Amazon. This detailed description and analysis is informed by a functional-typological perspective, with particular reference to areal contact and grammaticalization. The grammar begins with an introduction to the cultural and linguistic background of Hup speakers, gives an overview of the phonology, and follows this with chapters on morphosyntax (nominal morphology, verbs and verb compounding, tense, aspect, modality, evidentiality, etc.); it concludes with discussions of negation, the simple clause, and clause combining. A number of features of Hup grammar are typologically significant, such as its strategy of inversion in question formation, its system of Differential Object Marking, and its treatment of possession. Hup also exhibits several highly unusual paths of grammaticalization, such as the development of a verbal future suffix from the noun

‘stick, tree’. The book also includes a selection of texts and a CD-ROM with audio files.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Linguistis, Typologists; those interested in

Autoren/Hrsg.

Epps, Patience

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
2;Contents;9
3;Chapter 1Hup and its speakers;25
4;Chapter 2 Phonology;65
5;Chapter 3 The architecture of the word: parts of speech and formatives;134
6;Chapter 4 The noun and nominal morphology;182
7;Chapter 5 The complex noun: compounding, possession, and noun classification;237
8;Chapter 6 The noun phrase: modification and definiteness;308
9;Chapter 7 Nominal discourse-marking morphology;360
10;Chapter 8 The verb word;395
11;Chapter 9 The compound verb;412
12;Chapter 10 Adjectives and adverbial expressions;465
13;Chapter 11 Adjusting valency;497
14;Chapter 12 Aspect;544
15;Chapter 13 Tense and related forms;611
16;Chapter 14 Modality and evidentiality;633
17;Chapter 15 Sentence-level affect marking;689
18;Chapter 16 Negation;749
19;Chapter 17 Simple clauses;772
20;Chapter 18 Clause combining;827
21;Backmatter;897

Über Autor(innen)

Patience Epps, University of Texas at Austin, USA.