A Grammar of Lavukaleve

Biographical note: Angela Terrill is a research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Terrill, Angela
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter
Series:Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:Biographical note: Angela Terrill is a research assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
Main description: Lavukaleve is a Papuan Language spoken on the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. The phonology and morpho-phonology of Lavukaleve are described, as well as arguments adjuncts, the Lavukaleve predicate structure (including predicate types and core participant marking, the agreement suffix, focus constructions, tense, aspect and mood, word-level derivation, complex predicates), interclausal syntax, and the Lavukaleve discourse organisation. The book includes a list of affixes, a list of lexemes, and an appendix with Lavukaleve texts. The data used in this work was collected by the author during five field trips.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XXIII, 562 S.) Ill. 155 x 230 mm
ISBN:9783110178876