A Grammar of Nganasan Contributor(s): Wagner-Nagy, Beáta (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004382755 ISBN-13: 9789004382756 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $158.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Spelling & Vocabulary - Reference | Dictionaries - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology |
Series: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages / Indigenous Languages of Russia |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (2.10 lbs) 602 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: With this descriptive grammar of Nganasan Be ta Wagner-Nagy presents a comprehensive description of the highly endangered Samoyedic language, spoken only by a small number of individuals on Siberia's Taimyr Peninsula. Based on corpus data from the Nganasan Spoken Language Corpus as well as field work the grammar follows a traditional structure. Contents range from a description of phonetic features and phonological processes over word classes, morphological features to syntactic and semantic properties. The grammar highlights morphophonological alternations as well as the pragmatic organization of Nganasan. A discussion of the core vocabulary completes the account in addition to two sample texts. The grammar reflects significant typological aspects thus serving as a reasonable basis for further comparison in Uralic studies. |