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The Dura Language: Grammar and Phylogeny

By Nicolas Schorer

Book information

Publisher
BRILL
Year
2016
ISBN
9004325603, 9789004325609
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2907468 bytes)
Series
Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Languages of the Greater H, 17
Edition
Lam
Pages
456\474
Time added
2021-08-29 12:21:59

Description

In The Dura Language: Grammar & Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas. Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Aims 1.2 Organisation 1.3 Approach 1.4 Data on Tibeto-Burman 1.5 Dura Sources 1.6 Epistemological Limitations 1.7 Fieldwork and Informants 1.8 A Note on the Transliteration and Spelling Conventions Chapter 2 The Dura and Their Language 2.1 The Dura People—Kingmakers on the Fringes 2.2 The Dura Language 2.3 Earlier Research on Dura 2.4 Dura Media Frenzy 2.5 Language Classification Chapter 3 A Typological Overview 3.1 Phonology 3.2 Morphology and Syntax 3.3 Summary Chapter 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura 4.1 Consonants 4.2 Vowels 4.3 Diphthongs 4.4 Phonological Processes 4.5 Phonotactics Chapter 5 Lexicon 5.1 Dura Sound Changes 5.2 Dura Swadesh Lists 5.3 Kinship Terms 5.4 Foodstuffs 5.5 Animals 5.6 Basic Verbs 5.7 Numerals 5.8 Colour Terms 5.9 Household and Environment 5.10 Human Body Parts and Body Functions 5.11 Loanwords Chapter 6 Nouns 6.1 Pronouns 6.2 Noun Categories 6.3 Nominal Prefixes 6.4 Case Suffixes 6.5 Relator Nouns & Postpositions 6.6 Nominalisations 6.7 Simple Nouns 6.8 Compounding 6.9 Noun Reduplication 6.10 The Structure of the Noun Phrase 6.11 Unanalysable Nouns Chapter 7 Adjectives and Adjectivals 7.1 Common Adjectives 7.2 Adjectivals Chapter 8 Verbs 8.1 Verbal Prefixes 8.2 Verbal Suffixes 8.3 Copulas 8.4 Periphrastic Constructions 8.5 Modal Constructions 8.6 Periphrastic Causative 8.7 Complex Predicate Constructions Chapter 9 Adverbs 9.1 Adverbs of Time 9.2 Adverbs of Location 9.3 Adverbs of Manner 9.4 Epistemic Adverbs Chapter 10 Minor Word Classes 10.1 Other Pronouns 10.2 Other Demonstratives 10.3 Quantifiers 10.4 Possible Remnants of Numeral Classifiers 10.5 Words with Pragmatic Function Chapter 11 Phylogenetic Evidence 11.1 Phonology 11.2 Lexicon 11.3 Morphology & Syntax 11.4 The Case of West Bodish 11.5 Proposed Genetic Affiliation of Dura Appendix Maps Master List of Morphological Items Dura Sentences Etymological Reference Dictionary References Sources Bibliography Index

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