This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language and makes an important contribution to linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered, and less than 2,000 known speakers of Wari and its related dialects are left in existence.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel L. Everett, Barbara Kern
EAN: 9780415009997
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 1020 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Taylor & Francis Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 1997-10-30
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GENRE: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
Brazil, Bolivia, South American and Caribbean indigenous languages, Grammar, syntax and morphology
..."this book has laid a sound foundation for the synchronic study of southern Amazonian languages. We can only hope that this pioneering descriptive study will serve as a model for linguistic scholars across South America to devote their time to describing and analyzing hitherto undocumented Amazonian languages."-Alexandra Aikhenvald, La Trobe University,
