Related Books

A Grammar of Nungon
Language: en
Pages: 659
Authors: Hannah Sarvasy
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-13 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Grammar of Nungon is the most comprehensive modern reference grammar of a language of northeast Papua New Guinea. Nungon is a previously-undescribed Finisterr
Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language: Volume II
Language: en
Pages: 1012
Authors: Denis Paperno
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-06-30 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This work presents the structure, distribution and semantic interpretation of quantificational expressions in languages from diverse language families and typol
Reflexive constructions in the world's languages
Language: en
Pages: 888
Authors: Katarzyna Janic
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-07-11 - Publisher: Language Science Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This landmark publication brings together 28 papers on reflexive constructions in languages from all continents, representing very diverse language types. While
Commands
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-04 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book focuses on the form and the function of commands—directive speech acts such as pleas, entreaties, and orders—from a typological perspective. A tea
A Grammar of Murui (Bue)
Language: en
Pages: 613
Authors: Katarzyna I. Wojtylak
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-12 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A Grammar of Murui (Bue) by Katarzyna Wojtylak is the first complete description of Murui (Witoto, Huitoto) spoken in Colombia and Peru. It is an important cont