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Panare, also known as E'napa Woromaipu, is a seriously endangered Cariban language spoken by about 3,500 people in Central Venezuela. A Typological Grammar of Panare by Thomas E. Payne and Doris L. Payne, is a full length linguistic grammar, written from a modern functional/typological perspective.

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Author:   Thomas E. Payne ,  Doris L. Payne
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.940kg
ISBN:  

9789004228214

ISBN 10:   9004228217
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   21 November 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossing Conventions 1 The Language and Its Speakers 2 Phonology and Morphophonology 3 Nouns and Nominals 4 Nominal Derivation and Possessive Denominalization 5 Modifcation 6 The Morphosyntax of the Verb: Organizing Principles 7 Verb Stem Derivation 8 Past-Perfective Aspect Constructions 9 Non-Pastperfective Aspect Constructions 10 Minority Class Verbs 11 Noun Phrase Structure 12 Adpositional Phrases and Oblique Constituents 13 Copula Constructions 14 Voice and Valence 15 Knowing and Not Knowing: Epistemic and Negative Categories 16 Commands and the Expression of Deontic Modality 17 Questions and Contrastive Constructions 18 Complementation 19 Adverbial and Medial Clauses 20 Relative and Modifying Clauses Appendix. Two Panare Texts References Index

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Thomas E. Payne, PhD (1985), UCLA, is Senior International Linguistics Consultant with SIL International, and Research Associate in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon. He publishes books and research articles in descriptive linguistics and grammar writing. Doris L. Payne, Ph.D. (1985) UCLA, is professor at the University of Oregon and a consultant with SIL International. She has published on Native American and East African languages, and leads workshops around the world focused on morphosyntax and discourse.

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