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Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:01:09
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A grammar of Rapa Nui: Kieviet

 


Title: A grammar of Rapa Nui 
Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/124 


Author: Paulus Kieviet

Electronic: ISBN:  9783946234753 Pages: 665 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the
Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter,
the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession,
the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause
combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological
interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape
of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by
metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns
and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued
that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been
characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is
unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of
syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the
language include the existence of a ‘neutral’ aspect marker, a serial verb
construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative
construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa
Nui’s relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in
this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced
Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a
number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Rapanui (rap)


Written In: English  (eng)

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