I'saka: A Sketch Grammar of a Language of North-central New GuineaResearch School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2004 - I'saka language - 131 pages |
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1SG-eat 1SG.ACC 1SG.NOM 1SG.POSS accusative pronouns adjective adjunct nominal allophones appear argument Barupu be.at Bewani mountains bilabial bivalent cassowary clause consonants construction contrasts cuscus d-ei d-ele dakai dakau dapu dative suffixes dependent verbs Depu dóu dual duwe encoded following example forms fricative function gender glide grapheme Guinea I'saka language inflection intervocalic irrealis k-ei kaipa Klappa Krisa lenition lexical light verb linguistic Macro-Skou marked marker masculine moni monovalent morpheme morphological nana nasal syllable nasalisation non-masculine Note noun phrase oblique occur onset orthography particle personal pronouns phoneme phonological phonotactic pig.M plural position possessive pronouns possessor postverbal predicate preverbal pronominal set Pual Puare Rawo realised reduplication rhyme sago segmental semantic sentence shown singular Skou Skou languages speakers SUBJ suppletive suprasegmental syllable Table téi Tok Pisin tone tree species unmarked pronoun Vanimo verb root verbal voiced voiceless vowel wéi word classes Wutung yùng