Acknowledgments |
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List of Figures, Tables and Maps |
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Abbreviations |
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1.1 Why study Kukama-Kukamiria? |
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1.2 Structure of the Grammar |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 The Kukama-Kukamiria People |
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1.4 The Kukama-Kukamiria Language |
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19 | (9) |
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1.5 Typological Profile of KK |
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28 | (2) |
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1.6 Male and Female Speech |
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30 | (4) |
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1.7 Database for this Study |
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34 | (5) |
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2 Phonetics and Phonology |
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39 | (43) |
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39 | (11) |
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50 | (5) |
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55 | (7) |
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62 | (5) |
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67 | (8) |
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2.6 An Acoustic Examination of Front Vowels |
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75 | (5) |
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2.7 Transcription and Orthography |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (27) |
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3.1 Roots, Stems and Words |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (5) |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (2) |
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92 | (8) |
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100 | (6) |
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3.7 Homophony among Particles and Clitics |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (31) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (6) |
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116 | (6) |
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122 | (11) |
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133 | (2) |
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4.6 Gerund and Participle -wa |
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135 | (1) |
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4.7 The Derivational -pan |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (54) |
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5.1 General Characterization |
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140 | (8) |
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148 | (27) |
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5.3 Interrogative Words as Pro-forms |
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175 | (6) |
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181 | (9) |
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5.5 Possessive Relationship within the Noun Phrase |
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190 | (2) |
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192 | (1) |
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5.7 Summary of NP clitics |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (43) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (25) |
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6.4 Category-changing Strategies |
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221 | (12) |
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6.5 Combinations of Morphemes |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (2) |
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7 Stative Verbs and Adverbial Words |
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237 | (20) |
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7.1 Stative Verbs: Property Concepts |
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238 | (10) |
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248 | (9) |
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257 | (35) |
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8.1 Simple Verbal Clause Construction |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (4) |
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8.3 Grammatical Relations |
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262 | (15) |
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8.4 Argument Altering Mechanisms |
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277 | (15) |
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292 | (37) |
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292 | (27) |
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9.2 Locative -pe: A Postposition? |
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319 | (2) |
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321 | (8) |
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10 Non-verbal Predication |
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10.1 Juxtaposition: Attributive, Equative & Proper Inclusion Functions |
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330 | (13) |
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10.2 Identificational Construction: NP = Pro |
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343 | (1) |
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10.3 Existential Constructions |
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344 | (13) |
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10.4 Predicate Locative Constructions |
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357 | (5) |
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10.5 Attribute Function via the Purposive Construction: [ NP NP-ra] |
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362 | (1) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (21) |
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11.1 Auxiliary Constructions |
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366 | (4) |
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11.2 Auxiliaries and Associated Motion |
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370 | (2) |
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11.3 Auxiliaries and Viewpoint Aspect |
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372 | (5) |
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11.4 Between Auxiliaries and Tense Clitics |
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377 | (2) |
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11.5 Secondary Predication |
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379 | (7) |
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386 | (68) |
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12.1 Declarative Sentences |
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386 | (2) |
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388 | (11) |
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12.3 Epistemic Modality and Related Categories |
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399 | (1) |
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12.4 Second Position Clitics |
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400 | (11) |
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411 | (9) |
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12.6 Interaction among Modality Clitics |
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420 | (2) |
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422 | (5) |
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12.8 Interrogative Sentences |
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427 | (10) |
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437 | (17) |
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13 Clause Combining: Events as Arguments and Modifiers |
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454 | (39) |
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13.1 Finite Verbal Clause vs. Nominalized Clause |
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454 | (2) |
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456 | (10) |
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466 | (27) |
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493 | (39) |
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493 | (18) |
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511 | (3) |
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514 | (2) |
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516 | (9) |
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14.5 Participant-oriented and Event-Oriented Adverbial Constructions |
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525 | (7) |
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15 Co-Ranking Constructions |
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532 | (17) |
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532 | (1) |
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533 | (10) |
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15.3 Other Clause-Linking Elements |
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543 | (6) |
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16 Topics in the Syntax-Discourse Interface |
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16.1 Information Structure |
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549 | (8) |
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16.2 Focus Constructions that Involve = pura |
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557 | (24) |
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16.3 Selection of Pronominal Forms: Grammar and Discourse |
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581 | (13) |
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16.4 The Pragmatics of Constituent Order Patterns |
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594 | (6) |
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16.5 The Function of Tense/Aspect Marked Clauses in Discourse |
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600 | (9) |
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609 | (6) |
Appendix A Language Consultants |
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615 | (2) |
Appendix B Samples of Texts |
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617 | (118) |
References |
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735 | (14) |
Index |
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