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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Dear
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size=3>The latest volume in our series Indigenous Languages of Latin America
(ILLA) may be of special interest to you:</FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
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size=2></FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Swintha Danielsen. 2007.
Baure: <EM>An Arawak language of Bolivia</EM> [Indigenous Languages of Latin
America (ILLA) 6]. Leiden: CNWS Publications.<BR></FONT></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><BR>Swintha Danielsen recently defended her
doctoral dissertation at Nijmegen University and her book contains a
grammatical description of Baure, a seriously endangered language of
Bolivian Amazonia. Baure belongs to the South Arawakan language family
and forms part of the Guaporé-Mamoré linguistic area. The book is the first
detailed and comprehensive grammatical description of the language, covering its
phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse stucture. Special attention is given
to the complex (morpho)phonological processes within a phonological phrase, the
rich noun classification system, the distinction of verbal and non-verbal
predicates with respect to the argument marking pattern, the three-level
distinction of verbal morphology, and specific clause types based on different
nominalization strategies, which also play an important role in clause
subordination. The relation to the surrounding South-Arawakan languages
Trinitario, Ignaciano, and Paunaca is investigated through comparison of the
lexicon and the grammar. The appendices contain different text types, lists of
grammatical morphemes, classifiers, and the Swadesh 200 word list. It is a
highly valuable addition to our knowledge of South-American languages and
cultures in general and the Arawakan languages in particular. <BR><BR>The book
is in English and contains 502 pages. The sale price is 45 Euros and it can be
ordered directly from the publisher CNWS in Leiden. For ordering and further
information about other publications in our series and the special offer that
runs until December 15, please visit:</FONT></DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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