A grammar of Hup. (CD-ROM included).9783110195880 A grammar of Hup. (CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). included) Epps, Patience. Mouton mouton lamb pelt made to resemble seal or beaver. de Gruyter 2008 983 pages $237.00 Hardcover Mouton grammar library; 43 PM6275 A member of the Nadahup, or Maku language Maku (also Macu, Makú) is an (unclassified) language isolate that is spoken on the Brazil-Venezuela border in Roraima along the Uraricoera River. The speakers' territory was formerly between the Padamo and Cunucunuma rivers. family, Hup is spoken by about 1,500 people who live deep in the forests where Brazil and Colombia meet. Epps (linguistics, U. of Texas-Austin) begins by setting the cultural and historical context for the language, then details its features as she found them during fieldwork with native speakers. Her topics include parts of speech and formatives, the complex noun, nominal discourse-making morphology, adjusting valency valency - degree , sentence level affect marking, and clause combining. She includes texts of some tales and conversations she recorded. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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