A Grammar of Tukang Besi

Mark Donohue

Walter de Gruyter, May 12, 2011 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 602 pages

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Contents

• 1 Introduction: 1
• 12 The region: 6
• 14 Sources for this study: 12
• 15 Datagathering procedures: 13
• 2 Phonology and morphophonology: 15
• 22 Extraphonemic issues: 29
• 23 Syllable level processes: 30
• 24 Variable phonetic processes: 34
• 25 Processes involving nasals: 38
• 26 Orthographic issues: 43
• 3 Syntactic units and the clause: 47
• 33 Guide to Tukang Besi grammatical forms: 50
• 34 Verbal clauses: 51
• 35 Nonverbal clauses: 56
• 36 Other clause types: 58
• 37 Pragmatically determined variations in clause structure: 59
• 38 Articles and case marking: 63
• 39 A short note on interclausal relations: 67
• 310 The status and structure of phrases in the clause: 68
• core and oblique arguments: 74
• 312 Summary: 80
• 4 Word classes: 83
• 42 Word classes and the problem of overlap: 86
• 43 Open word classes: 90
• 45 Verbs and adjectives: 91
• 46 Closed word classes: 105
• 47 A note on derivational and inflectional categories: 112
• 5 Pronouns: 113
• 52 Use of the free forms: 115
• 53 Affixed pronominal forms: 123
• 54 Subject prefixes: 129
• 55 Possessive suffixes: 131
• 56 Scope of possessive antecedency: 133
• 57 Object agreement: 134
• 58 Dative object agreement: 135
• 6 Demonstratives: 137
• set two: 138
• 64 Use of the different demonstrative forms: 142
• 65 Use of the demonstratives: 144
• 66 The use of the demonstratives in discourse tracking: 149
• 7 Verb phrases: 151
• 72 Subject prefixes: 152
• 73 Subject infix um: 154
• 74 Possessive marking on adjectives: 156
• 75 Irregularities in subject marking: 157
• 76 Object suffixes: 158
• 77 External possession: 166
• 78 Object incorporation: 167
• 79 Aspect and auxiliaries: 170
• 710 Adverbs: 177
• 8 Serial verb constructions: 181
• 82 Noncontiguous serialisation: 184
• 83 Contiguous serialisaton: 193
• 84 Summary of morphosyntactic differences: 202
• 85 Serial verbs and other grammatical categories: 203
• 9 Causative morphology: 205
• 92 Factitive hoko: 208
• 93 Causative pa: 211
• 94 Requestive hepe: 217
• combinations: 219
• 96 Causatives and ditransitive verbs: 220
• summary: 221
• 10 Applicative morphology: 225
• 102 Comitative applicative suffix ngkene: 228
• 103 General applicative suffix ako: 231
• 104 Locative applicative suffix complex VCi: 242
• 105 Double applicatives: 247
• 106 Applicatives and ditransitive verbs: 258
• summary: 260
• 108 Combining properties and the question of symmetry or asymmetry: 266
• 11 Other verbal morphology: 271
• 112 Passive prefixes: 274
• 113 Valencyneutral prefixes: 281
• 114 Valencyannouncing prefixes: 284
• 115 Causativeapplicative combinations: 290
• 116 Combinations with reciprocals: 293
• 117 Combinations with passives: 297
• 118 Reduplication: 298
• 119 The position of verbal morphology: 301
• core and oblique phrases: 303
• 122 KPs with an NP headed in the N position: 305
• 123 NPs not headed in the N position: 309
• 124 Appositional phrases: 312
• 125 Names: 315
• a and o: 316
• 127 Structure of the prepostional phrase: 320
• 128 Semantic range of the different prepostions: 322
• 129 Functions of the oblique phrase: 323
• oblique article idi: 325
• 1211 Individual prepositions: 327
• 1212 Complex prepositions: 332
• ako pake and kene: 333
• 13 Possession and possessive constructions: 337
• 133 Clausal possession: 348
• 134 Summary: 352
• 14 Nonverbal and semiverbal clauses: 353
• 143 Oblique Predicate clauses: 355
• 144 Presentative clauses: 357
• 145 Numerical clauses: 359
• 146 Comparative clauses: 360
• 147 Exclamatory clauses: 362
• 149 Negative existential clauses: 364
• 15 Relative clauses: 367
• 152 Aspect and polarity in relative clauses: 368
• 153 Multiple relative clauses: 370
• 154 Subject relative clauses: 372
• 155 Instrumental relative clauses: 376
• 156 Object relative clauses: 379
• 157 Internal relative clauses: 385
• relative phrases: 387
• 16 Complementation: 389
• 162 Types of complementtaking predicates: 390
• 163 Complementisers: 393
• 164 Verbs of desire: 394
• 165 Verbs of mental perception: 399
• 166 Verbs of decision: 401
• 167 Physical perception complements: 402
• 168 Verbs of manipulation: 404
• 169 Discourse complements: 406
• 17 Adverbials: 409
• 173 Adverbial clauses of time: 411
• 174 Conditional ara karo: 415
• 175 Concessional bisa: 416
• 18 Conjoining: 421
• 182 Clauses joined without a conjunction: 425
• 183 Clauses joined with a conjunction: 426
• 184 Conjoining Vs: 431
• 185 Conjoining NPs: 432
• 186 Floating conjuncts: 439
• 187 Reciprocal constructions: 444
• 19 Speech acts: 447
• 192 Negation: 448
• 193 Interrogatives questions and answers: 449
• 194 Imperative verbforms and commands: 452
• 195 Imprecatives and insulting: 455
• 196 Suggestions and hortatives: 456
• 197 Summonses and vocatives: 457
• 199 Exclamatory sentences and surprise: 458
• 1910 Sentencefinal particles: 459
• 20 Pivots and grammatical relations: 461
• 202 Pivots in Tukang Besi: 462
• 203 SA and O pivots: 463
• 204 Nominative pivots: 469
• 205 Nominative pivots with SO constraint: 472
• 206 Nominative pivot with ThemePatient constraint: 473
• 207 Nonnominative pivot: 474
• 209 Agent pivots: 475
• 2010 Instrumental pivots: 476
• existential clauses: 478
• 2012 Pivotless constructions: 479
• 2013 Grammatical categories: 480
• 2014 Summary: 489
• Texts: 491
• 2 Pada: 503
• 3 Wa Sabusaburengki: 505
• 4 Tukang Besi: 511
• 5 La Kohokoho kene La Kandokendoke The Heron and the Monkey: 516
• 6 La Kolokolopua ke La Kandokendoke The Tortoise and the Monkey: 521
• 7 Te Daoa The Market: 530
• Wordlist: 533
• Notes: 555
• References: 557
• Index: 573

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Grammar of Tukang Besi; Volume 20 of Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
• Author: Mark Donohue
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter, 2011
• ISBN: 3110805545, 9783110805543
• Length: 602 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / German; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General