Overview

Usan is a Papuan language. In this monograph on the grammatical structures of Usan and their function the author shows the unique features of this language: how speakers can exploit certain principles for communicative purposes, how the language reflects their physical environment. Uniqueness can only be shown in the context of communality with other languages. This monograph offers numerous occasions to observe similarities and differences between Usan and other language, those that can be called Papuan in particular.

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Author:   Ger P. Reesink
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   13
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9789027230157

ISBN 10:   9027230153
Pages:   369
Publication Date:   01 January 1987
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Abbreviations and spelling conventions; 3. Learning Usan; 4. Maps; 5. 1 The Usan people and their language; 6. 1.0 Introduction; 7. 1.1 The Usan as speech community; 8. 1.2 Theoretical principles; 9. 2 Phonology; 10. 2.1 The phonemes; 11. 2.2 Syllable and word structure; 12. 2.3 Stress; 13. 2.4 Intonation; 14. 3 Morphology; 15. 3.0 Introduction; 16. 3.1 Verbs; 17. 3.2 Nouns; 18. 3.3 Pronouns; 19. 3.4 Question words; 20. 3.5 Nominal modifiers; 21. 3.6 Adverbs; 22. 3.7 Deictics; 23. 3.8 Connectives; 24. 3.9. Affixation; 25. 4 Predication; 26. 4.1 Order of constituents; 27. 4.2 Classes of predicates; 28. 4.3 Verb serialization; 29. 4.4 Terms; 30. 4.5 Sentence types; 31. 5 Coordination and switch-reference; 32. 5.0 Introduction; 33. 5.1 Coordination of terms; 34. 5.2 Coordination of predicates; 35. 5.3 Switch-reference; 36. 6 Subordination; 37. 6.0 Introduction; 38. 6.1 Topic; 39. 6.2 Relative clause; 40. 6.3 Conditionals; 41. 6.4 Temporals and Peak information; 42. 6.5 Cause and reason; 43. 6.6 Purpose; 44. 6.7 Subordination compared with coordination; 45. 6.8 Beyond the sentence; 46. 7 Sentential modes; 47. 7.0 Introduction; 48. 7.1 Negation; 49. 7.2 Interrogation; 50. 7.3 Imperatives; 51. 7.4 Conclusion; 52. 8 Organization of information; 53. 8.0 Introduction; 54. 8.1 In conversation; 55. 8.2 In a 'travelogue'; 56. 8.3 In an edited folktale; 57. 8.4 Conclusion; 58. Appendix: Text material; 59. The story about the moon; 60. The story about the sky; 61. References; 62. Index of names; 63. Index of languages

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