A Grammar of Coastal Marind

Bruno Olsson

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2021

A Grammar of Coastal Marind

Bruno Olsson

Volume 87 in the series Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110747065

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About this book

This grammar provides the first modern, comprehensive description of Coastal Marind. It is a Papuan language spoken by the coastal-dwelling Marind-Anim, formerly expansionistic head-hunters of the Southern New Guinea lowlands. Like the other languages of the poorly known Anim family, Coastal Marind features astonishingly complex verb morphology and a range of unusual phenomena, including indexing of up to four arguments on the verb, verbal marking of focus (the 'Orientation' system), engagement prefixes tracking the attention of the addressee, and a system of four genders realised by intricate agreement patterns. The structure of the language is examined in a detailed but accessible way, and its many complexities are brought to life by contextualised spontaneous data, drawn from a rich audio-visual corpus.

Author information

Bruno Olsson, Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
List of maps, tables and figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
Abbreviations and conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
1 Preliminaries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Phonology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 Nominals, their morphology and derivation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4 Pronouns and demonstratives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5 Nominal gender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6 Adpositions and particles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
7 The syntax of phrases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
8 Overview of the verb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
9 Participant indexing I: The Actor, Dative and Genitive prefixes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
10 Participant indexing II: Undergoer alternations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
11 The system of Verb Orientation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
12 Valence classes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
13 Valence-changing constructions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
14 Tense and aspect Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	354
15 Mood, attitude and engagement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	396
16 Distribution of events in time and space Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	423
17 The Auxiliary, copula clauses and light verbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	452
18 Basic clausal syntax Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	479
19 Non-declarative speech acts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	500
20 Combinations of clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	522
Appendix: Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	552
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	573
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	585

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars interested in Papuan Languages, Linguistic Typology, Morphology, Syntax
Pages
- Front matter: 21
- Main content: 587
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 18
- Tables: 89
Keywords: Papuan Languages; Marind; Anim; Grammar

eBook

Published: June 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110747065

Hardcover

Published: June 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110725551

Paperback

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9783111120775