Handbook of Amazonian Languages

489 Pages·1990·98.42 MB·English

by  Desmond C. Derbyshire

Handbook of
Amazonian Languages

Handbook of
Amazonian Languages
Volume 2
edited by
Desmond C. Derbyshire and
Geoffrey K. Pullum
1990
Mouton de Gruyter
Berlin · New York
Mouton de Gruyter (formerly Mouton,The Hague)
is a Division of Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
(Revised for vol. 2)
Handbook of Amazonian languages.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Indians of South America-Brazil-Languages.
2. Amazon River Region—Languages. I. Derbyshire, Desmond C.
II. Pullum, Geoffrey K.
PM5151.H36 1986 498 86-12692
ISBN 0-89925124-2 (v. l : alk. paper)
ISBN 0-89925421-7 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
Deutsche Bibliothek Cataloging in Publication Data
Handbook of Amazonian languages / ed. by Desmond C. Derby-
shire and Geoffrey K. Pullum. - Berlin ; New York ; Amsterdam :
Mouton de Gruyter
NE: Derbyshire, Desmond C. [Hrsg.]
Vol. 2 (1990)
ISBN 3-11-011495-X
Printed on acid free paper.
© Copyright 1989 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 30.
All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book
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Binding: Lüderitz & Bauer, Berlin.
Volume 2
SOUTH AMERICA
Contents
Map South America vi
Abbreviations ix
Introduction l
Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum
Sanuma 15
Donald M. Borgman
Yagua 249
Doris L. Payne and Thomas E. Payne

Abbreviations
(See also list in Note* at end of Yagua chapter.)
ABLAT ablative DUR durative,
duration of action
ADLAT adlative
ADV adverb EMPH emphasis
AG agent EVID evidential
ANIM animate EXCL exclusive
AUD auditive EXCLM exclamative
AUG augmentative EXT extent of action
AUX auxiliary, auxiliary verb FEM/f feminine, female
name marker
C consonant
CAUS causative FOC focus
CLARIF clarification FRUST frustrative
CLASS class, classifier, PUT future
classification
GNRL general classifier
CMPL completive HAB habitual
CNFRM confirmative HSY hearsay
COLL collective IDEOPH ideophone
COMIT comitative IMP imperative
COND conditional IMPERF imperfective
CONT continuative INAN inanimate
CUST customary INCL inclusive
DAT dative INDEF indefinite
DEM demonstrative INF infinitive
DEPR depreciatory INST instrument,
instrumental
DESCVZR descriptivizer
DESID desiderative INTER interrogative
DETRANSVZR detransitivizer INTS intensity
DIMIN diminutive INTNSF intensifier
DIR direction, directional INTRANS intransitive
DISTRIB distributive IP immediate past
DL dual IRR irrealis
DP distant past ITER iterative