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A Sketch Grammar of Kopar: A Language of New Guinea by William A. Foley Paperbac

Description: A Sketch Grammar of Kopar by William A. Foley Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description 75111112971143210511532973210911111410598117110100443299108111115101321161113210112011610511099116443210897110103117971031013211511211110710111032105110321161041141011013211810510810897103101115329711632116104101321091111171161043211110232116104101 Publisher Description Kopar is a very moribund, close to extinct, language spoken in three villages at the mouth of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. This is the only description of the language available. It also discusses areas where rapid language shift is affecting the structure of Kopar. Although the period of fieldwork was necessarily short, this book provides as comprehensive a description as possible of the grammatical structure of this complex and fascinating language. It is quite thorough and detailed and goes well beyond what is normally considered a sketch grammar. It covers all the phenomena essential to description and comparison and gives clear, typologically sound definitions and explanations. The grammar is written with the research interests of language typologists and comparative grammarians foremost in mind. Typologically, Kopar can be described as a split ergative, polysynthetic language. The language lacks nominal case marking so ergativity or lack thereof is signaled by verbal agreement affixes. Tenses and moods which describe as yet unrealized events, like future and imperative, pattern accusatively for agreement affixes, while those express realized events, like past and present, pattern ergatively. In addition, the ergative case schema is overlaid by a direct-inverse inflectional schema determined by a person hierarchy, a feature Kopar shares with other languages in its Lower Sepik family. As a polysynthetic language, incorporation of sentential elements like temporals, locationals, adverbials and verbals is extensive, though noun incorporation is not. Sadly, this work is all the documentation we will likely ever have of Kopar, a language of potentially very high theoretical interest, given its rare typological profile. It will certainly be of interest to language typologists and comparative grammarians, and anyone who wants to explore the range of language variation Author Biography William A. Foley, University of Sydney, Australia and Columbia University, New York, USA. Details ISBN 3111357546 ISBN-13 9783111357546 Title A Sketch Grammar of Kopar Author William A. Foley Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 265 Publisher De Gruyter GE_Item_ID:151222221; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9783111357546

Book Title: A Sketch Grammar of Kopar

Number of Pages: 265 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Sketch Grammar of Kopar : a Language of New Guinea

Publisher: DE Gruyter, Inc.

Subject: Linguistics / Morphology, Oceanic & Australian Languages, Linguistics / General

Publication Year: 2023

Item Weight: 19.5 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

Author: William A. Foley

Item Length: 9.1 in

Item Width: 6.1 in

Series: Pacific Linguistics [PL] Ser.

Format: Trade Paperback

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