Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Patience Epps
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
Edition: no CD-ROM in POD-edition
Volume: 43
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 6.10cm
, Length: 23.00cm
Weight: 1.738kg
ISBN: 9783110195880
ISBN 10: 3110195887
Pages: 1006
Publication Date: 20 May 2008
Recommended Age: College Graduate Student
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""In summary, this grammar is an outstanding reference work, with an impressive breadth of coverage and depth of analysis. It gives the impression that every part of Hupgrammar, from phonology to morphosyntax and semantics, receives the comprehensive treatment it deserves, and it is thus a valuable source for typologists. But it is also highly recommended not only to readers interested in Amazonian languages and cultures, but to anyone who relies on, or simply enjoys, sophisticated linguistic descriptions.""Frank Seifart in: Anthropoligical Linguistics 2/2009"
In summary, this grammar is an outstanding reference work, with an impressive breadth of coverage and depth of analysis. It gives the impression that every part of Hupgrammar, from phonology to morphosyntax and semantics, receives the comprehensive treatment it deserves, and it is thus a valuable source for typologists. But it is also highly recommended not only to readers interested in Amazonian languages and cultures, but to anyone who relies on, or simply enjoys, sophisticated linguistic descriptions. Frank Seifart in: Anthropoligical Linguistics 2/2009
Author Information
Patience Epps, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
