A Grammar of Nganasan
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In her descriptive grammar of Nganasan Beáta Wagner-Nagy presents a comprehensive description of modern Nganasan, considering a number of typological aspects. Presented in a traditional structure the grammar serves as future reference of Nganasan within the field of Uralic studies. Contents Preface Acknowledgments Tables, Figures and Maps Tables Figures Map Abbreviations and symbols Chapter 1. Introduction 1. The People 2. The Language 3. Language Data Chapter 2. Phonetics and Phonology 1. Consonants 2. Vowels 3. Possible Combinations of Consonants and Vowels 4. Syllable Structure 5. Syllabification 6. Prosodic Characteristics 7. Morphophonological Rules Chapter 3. Word Classes 1. Nouns 2. Adjectives 3. Verbs 4. Pronominal Items 5. Adverbs 6. Postposition 7. Numerals and Quantifiers 8. Conjunctions und Particles 9. Interjections and Onomatopoetic Words Chapter 4. Nominal Inflection 1. Stems and Their Formation 2. Number and Its Usage 3. Case and Its Functions 4. Possessive Inflection 5. Destinative Chapter 5. Verbal Inflection 1. Stems 2. Aspect 3. Conjugations Types 4. Tense 5. Mood and Modality 6. Non-finite Verb Forms Chapter 6. Evidentiality 1. Inferred Evidentiality 2. Reported Evidentiality 3. Sensory Evidentiality Chapter 7. Verbal Valence and Valence-Changing Operations 1. Verbal Valence 2. Valence-Changing Operations Chapter 8. The Structure of the Noun Phrase 1. Attributive Modifiers 2. Determined Noun Phrase 3. Quantified Noun Phrase 4. Noun Phrase as Modifier 5. Constituent Order in NPs 6. Coordination within NP and Comitative Constructions 7. Definiteness within the NP Chapter 9. Types of Predicate 1. Verbal Predication 2. Non-verbal Predicate 3. Existential and Locative Clauses 4. Possessive Clauses Chapter 10. Simple Sentences 1. Clause Participant and Grammatical Relations in Sentences 2. Basic Sentence Types 3. Constituent Order 4. Comparative Constructions Chapter 11. Ditransitive Constructions 1. Coding of Recipient and Addressee 2. Coding the Beneficiary 3. Coding the Theme Chapter 12. Negation 1. Sentence Negation 2. Constituent Negation 3. Other Negative Constructions Chapter 13. Clause Combining 1. Coordination 2. Complementation 3. Adverbial Clauses 4. Relative Clauses Chapter 14. Discourse Organization 1. Word Order and Information Structuring 2. Reference Tracking 3. Direct and Indirect Speech Chapter 15. Lexicon 1. Noun Class Semantics and Sub-classification 2. Adjective Class Semantics and Sub-classification 3. Verb Class Semantics and Sub-classification 4. Loanwords Chapter 16. Word Formation 1. Compounding 2. Conversion 3. Broadening and Narrowing of Meaning 4. Word Creation 5. Stem Vowel Alternation 6. Derivation 7. Clitic-like Morphemes Chapter 17. Text Samples 1. My Life 2. Nenets Man and the Giant Bibliography Index
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