A Description of Abun: A West Papuan Language of Irian JayaPacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 1998 - Foreign Language Study - 236 pages |
Contents
PHONOLOGY | 10 |
MORPHOLOGY AND WORD CLASSES | 23 |
CLAUSE STRUCTURE | 48 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
3SG POSS Abun action actually addition adjectives adverbs alternative anato aspect bado bracket chapter child closed common complement clause complex compound conjunction considered consists constituent construction described determiner direct discussed distinction earlier embedded English example expressed final function garden gato give given grammatical head indicate Indonesian interrogative Isak kill languages later linked listed main clause marked marker marry meaning modality modifiers mood mother Musa negation negative particle nggon noun phrase object occur past PERF person position POSS possessive possible precedes predicate preposition prepositional phrases pronoun question refer relation relative clause restrictive result scope seen semantic sentence sick single speaker strategy structure syntactic TABLE temporal things tone verb woman