14.1824, Books: Typology/Language Description, Teribe: Quesada

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Subject: 14.1824, Books: Typology/Language Description, Teribe: Quesada

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Date:  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:59:29 +0000
From:  info at lincom.at
Subject:  A Grammar of Teribe: Quesada

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Date:  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 18:59:29 +0000
From:  info at lincom.at
Subject:  A Grammar of Teribe: Quesada

Title: A Grammar of Teribe
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Native American Linguistics 36

Publication Year: 2003
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           http://home.t-online.de/home/LINCOM.EUROPA/		

Author: J. Diego  Quesada, University of  Toronto

Paperback: ISBN: 3895866717, Pages: 200, Price: EUR 67.70
Comment: USD / GBP according to daily exchange rates

Abstract:

This is the first comprehensive description of the grammatical
structure of Teribe, a language of Panama, and a member of the
Chibchan family of languages, which covers a wide area ranging from
Northeastern Honduras, through the Atlantic of Nicaragua, most of
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, to the West of Venezuela. Spoken by some
1,000 people, Teribe is at present potentially, though not severely,
endangered. This grammar fills a lacuna in a twofold manner: it
provides an extensive account of the structure of Teribe, and in doing
so, it reduces the number of Central American Chibchan languages being
undescribed.  This grammar is thus intended as a contribution to the
description of the language at three levels: a.  language-immanent;
b. Chibchan comparative grammar; c.  documentation of endangered
languages, especially those of the American continent. Teribe is both
a clear representative of the "Central American" features of the
Chibchan languages (numeral classifiers, limited agreement, no
evidentials), and idiosyncratic within these languages (having such
phenomena as an inverse construction and verb serialization).  The
research for this book was funded in its entirety by the Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. (2nd printing)

Lingfield(s):   Amerindian (Typology)
		Typology

Subject Language(s):  Teribe (Language Code: TFR)

Written In:  English (Language Code: ENG)

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