A Grammar of KulungThis book is the first description of Kulung, a complex-pronominalising Kiranti (Tibeto-Burman) language spoken in eastern Nepal. It contains the phonology, morphology, and syntax as well as sample texts, verbal paradigms, and a Kulung-English lexicon. The data presented here were collected during four field trips which the author undertook to Nepal between 1992 and 1995. This grammar of Kulung is an exhaustive reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology, and linguistic theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl). |
Contents
PHONOLOGY | 11 |
NOMINAL CATEGORIES | 23 |
VERB STEM MORPHOLOGY | 43 |
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Common terms and phrases
1ST PERSON SUBJECT 2ND PERSON 3RD PERSON SUBJECT added affirmative affixes allomorph auxiliary bamboo basic morph be-nls become bring called cause clothes consonant cooked didn't don't door drink elder brother elder sister elder.brother-VOC ending ergative example expressed female final finite fire forms gerund give given indicates infinitive intransitive ISBN 90 kind Kiranti kulucha Kulung label language look maize male meaning millet beer morpheme NEG PRETERITE 1ST negated NON-PRETERITE PRETERITE NEG nouns ourpi particle paste patient perform PERSON AGENT plural potato preceded prefix present PRETERITE 1ST PERSON PRETERITE NEG PRETERITE pron pronouns reflexive rice rite ritual sentence shows singular sleep someone song speaking subordinating suffix Table taste third person transitive conjugation tree verb stem verbal village vowel wake Wepe wepi yesterday younger