A grammar of Paraguayan Guarani
The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official languag...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
UCL Press
2020, 2020
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| Series: | Grammars of world and minority languages
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The history of Guarani is a history of resilience. Paraguayan Guarani is a vibrant, modern language, mother tongue to millions of people in South America. It is the only indigenous language in the Americas spoken by a non-ethnically-indigenous majority, and since 1992, it is also an official language of Paraguay alongside Spanish. This book provides the first comprehensive reference grammar of Modern Paraguayan Guarani written for an English-language audience. It is an accessible yet thorough and carefully substantiated description of the language's phonology, morphosyntax, and semantics. It also includes information about its centuries of documented history and its current sociolinguistic situation |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource illustrations (colour) |
| ISBN: | 1787352927 9781787352926 1787353222 9781787353220 |