| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 477 pages). |
| Series |
Cambridge grammatical descriptions |
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Cambridge grammatical descriptions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references ([457]-466) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables; Figures; Maps; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The people and their language; 2 Segmental phonology; 3 Tonology; 4 Nouns and noun morphology; 5 Verbs and verb morphology; 6 Modifiers and adjectivals; 7 Locatives, dimensionals, and temporal adverbs; 8 Adverbs and adverbials; 9 Minor word classes; 10 Noun phrases, nominalizations, and relative clauses; 11 Simple clauses, transitivity, and voice; 12 Tense, aspect, and modality; 13 The modality of certainty, obligation, and unexpected information. |
| Summary |
This is a comprehensive grammatical documentation of Kham, a previously undescribed language from west-central Nepal, belonging to the Tibeto-Burman language family. The book, based on extensive fieldwork, provides copious examples throughout the exposition. It will be a valuable resource for typologists and general linguists alike. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
/Xam language -- Grammar.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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Kham (taalgroep)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Watters, David E., 1944- Grammar of Kham. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521812453 (DLC) 2002070894 (OCoLC)49704789 |
| ISBN |
0511042329 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511042324 (electronic bk.) |
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9780511486883 (electronic bk.) |
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051148688X (electronic bk.) |
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