34.1320, Books: A grammar of Ashéninka (Ucayali-Pajonal): Caballero

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Date: 19-Apr-2023
From: Tessa Arneri [lotdissertations-fgw at uva.nl]
Subject: A grammar of Ashéninka (Ucayali-Pajonal): Caballero


Title: A grammar of Ashéninka (Ucayali-Pajonal)
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke
(LOT)
                http://www.lotpublications.nl/
Book URL: https://www.lotpublications.nl/lot-publications

Author: Toni Pedrós Caballero
Paperback: ISBN: 9789460934254 Pages: 701 Price: Europe EURO 58
Abstract:

This thesis describes the Ashéninka language as it is spoken in the
Gran Pajonal plateau and the upper Ucayali River in Peru, an area
where the last Andean foothills give way to the Amazonian lowlands.
The number of speakers is estimated at around 10,000. This language
forms part of the so called Ashé-Ashá dialect continuum, which is part
of the group of Campan languages, a subgroup of the Arawak language
family. The Ashéninka people live in so-called comunidades nativas,
indigenous settlements with official authorities that are legally
recognised in Peru.

The thesis presents a description of the phonology, morphology and
syntax of the language. The discussion of the morphology is by far the
longest, with the description of verbs comprising roughly half of the
thesis due to the complex verbal morphology. Furthermore, the text
discusses the relations within the Ashé-Ashá dialect continuum,
compares the reality status systems of the different Campan languages
and shows the partial loss of this system in Ucayali-Pajonal
Ashéninka.  Other relevant findings include the probable origin of the
word campa, the non-contrastive but distinctive affricates, the long
adjectives denoting forms, the discussion of the subject cross
referenced with a suffix instead of the usual prefix, the proposal of
the existence of a future suffix in all Ashé-Ashá varieties, and some
suffixes that have not been mentioned in the literature on other
Ashé-Ashá varieties.

Moreover, the thesis contains annexes with 11 glossed texts from
different genres and a vocabulary of 625 words.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Written In: English (eng)

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