Desano Grammar:  Studies on the Languages of Colombia (Sil International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 132) - Marion Miller - Books - SIL International - 9781556710766 - September 22, 1999
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Desano Grammar: Studies on the Languages of Colombia (Sil International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 132)

Marion Miller

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Desano Grammar: Studies on the Languages of Colombia (Sil International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 132)

The study of language can be compared to an explorer mapping out new territory or a miner working a deep vein of gold. Marion Miller spent over thirty years digging up and revealing nuggets in the phonology and grammar of the Desano language. She presents here a written record of the results of her years of living with the Desano people and studying and speaking the Desano language.

Written in a descriptive style and using a form and function approach, this study presents a comprehensive overview of the parts of Desano grammar, from the phonetic to the discourse features. Although the classification system of the Tucanoan languages has also been written up in the Tuyuca and Barasana, it is repeated in this grammar for comparative purposes to show how the different groups make these classifications. Verb compounding is covered in greater depth here than was explored in other treatises.

The Desano people live in the southeastern part of Colombia and across the border in Brazil. There are twenty-two Desano dialects; examples in this grammar study are from the boreka porã dialect.


Table of Contents


Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

  1. Introduction
  2. Parts of Speech
  3. Noun Phrase and Noun Phrase Operations
  4. Case
  5. Verb Phrase
  6. Valence Changing Operations
  7. Sentence Structure
  8. Question Formation
  9. Negation
  10. Subordination
  11. Pragmatic Considerations

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SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics 132

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 22, 1999
ISBN13 9781556710766
Publishers SIL International
Pages 178
Dimensions 150 × 10 × 225 mm   ·   263 g
Language English  

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