first grammar of Em érillon

[Françoise Rose]

Dear Funknetters,

 

Here is some information on my recently published grammar of Emérillon. 

 

Reference

Rose, Françoise. 2011. Grammaire de l'émérillon teko, une langue tupi-guarani de Guyane française, Langues et Sociétés d'Amérique traditionnelle 10, Leuven: Peeters.

 

Summary

Over the last two decades, Amazonian linguistics has greatly expanded. Many languages have recently been described and are providing typologists with new data. Within this dynamic current, this book presents a first description of the Grammar of Emérillon Teko, a Tupi‑Guarani language of French Guiana. Emérillon is an endangered Amazonian language with an oral tradition. Spontaneous texts recorded from speakers in the field constitute the corpus used for this study. The analysis was conducted within a functional‑typological approach. It aims at comparing the Emérillon language, on the one hand, with recent typological studies and, on the other, with studies of the other Tupi‑Guarani languages. The study focuses on morphology and syntax, from nominal phrases to complex sentences, with other areas such as phonology and discourse being also considered. In a typological perspective, most interesting are the cases of a hierarchical cross‑referencing system, still little discussed in the typological literature, possessive nominal predicates using verbal morphology, and gerund constructions being at the origin of verb serialization. In a comparative perspective, this language seems to be an innovative member of the Tupi‑Guarani family, for instance with the loss of the absolutive cross‑referencing system in dependent clauses. Finally, in an areal perspective, the Emérillon language constitutes by a number of traits a representative member of Amazonian languages.

 

Further information

http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz_print.asp?nr=8380

The grammar is written in French. 

 

Very best,

Françoise

 

Françoise ROSE

Dynamique Du Langage (CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2)

Institut des Sciences de l'Homme

14 avenue Berthelot

69363 Lyon Cedex 07

FRANCE

(33) 4 72 72 64 63

http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Rose

 

 

Françoise ROSE

Dynamique Du Langage (CNRS, Université Lumière Lyon 2)

Institut des Sciences de l'Homme

14 avenue Berthelot

69363 Lyon Cedex 07

FRANCE

(33) 4 72 72 64 63

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