A grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako /

This Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako is the most comprehensive grammar of any Polynesian Outlier to date, and the first full-length grammar of any language of Temotu Province. Based on extensive fieldwork, it is structured as a reference grammar dealing with all aspects of language structure, from phonol...

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Main Author: Næss, Åshild
Other Authors: Hovdhaugen, Even
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Austronesian
Published: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2011.
Series:Mouton grammar library ; 52.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Table of contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Phonology; Chapter 3: Word classes; Chapter 4: Reduplication; Chapter 5: Deictics; Chapter 6: Nominal morphology; Chapter 7: Noun phrase structure; Chapter 8: Verbal morphology; Chapter 9: Verb phrase structure; Chapter 10: Prepositions; Chapter 11: Modifiers; Chapter 12: Tense, aspect, and mood; Chapter 13: Simple clauses; Chapter 14: Complex clauses; Chapter 15: Serial verbs and related constructions; Chapter 16: Negation and questions; Chapter 17: Coordination and conjunctions; Chapter 18: Discourse organization.
  • Appendix 1: TextsAppendix 2: List of grammatical morphemes.