A Grammar Of Tariana, From Northwest Amazonia

by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

2021-01-09 21:39:32

The speakers of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle, traditionally marry someone speaking a different language; therefore, most are fluent in five or six languages. This comprehensive grammar reveals how Tariana... Read more
The speakers of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle, traditionally marry someone speaking a different language; therefore, most are fluent in five or six languages. This comprehensive grammar reveals how Tariana combines its own features with those borrowed from neighboring languages because of the rampant multilingualism. The language has many unusual properties, making this grammar a valuable sourcebook for linguists and others interested in natural languages. Less

Book Details

File size9.57 X 6.69 X 1.5 in
Print pages732
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date November 2, 2006
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521028868
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Distinguished Professor, Australian Laureate Fellow, and Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre at James Cook University. She is a major authority on languages...

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