28.3985, Books: A Grammar of Dumi: Rai

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Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:57:13
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: A Grammar of Dumi: Rai

 


Title: A Grammar of Dumi 
Series Title: Languages of the World/Materials 509  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LWM-509-A-Grammar-of-Dumi 


Author: Netra Mani Rai

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862888320 Pages: 473 Price: Europe EURO 86.80


Abstract:

This study explains a grammatical description of the Dumi language
insightfully guided by the framework of functional typological grammar,
developed by Talmy Givón (1984-2001). Dumi, a Kirati language of the Rai group
is poorly described Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Khotang district of
Eastern Nepal. This grammar covers the main areas: phonology, morphology,
syntax and discourse analysis. Dumi has 26 consonants together with the
glottal stop (Ɂ) and seven basic vowel phonemes with length contrast. Dumi is
morphologically an ergative-absolutive language which is rich in case system.
The nominals in Dumi are inflected for a number of cases. They are marked in
two ways: case clitics and postpositions. Dumi has two types of tenses: past
and non-past which are morphologically marked. Dumi is one of the
agglutinating languages, and hence, morphemes attached to the verb stem:
tense, number and person. The verb agreement is triggered by the number,
person and honorificity of the nominative subject. It is a left branching and
dependent marking language with the basic SOV constituent order that can also
be used freely. For topicalization and focusing the constituents may be
permuted within the clause. In Dumi, the subordination system includes
complement, adverbial, relative and converbal clauses.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Morphology
                     Phonology
                     Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Dumi (dus)


Written In: English  (eng)

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