1 An overview of the Arawakan language family

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Introduction: Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum
3. Introduction 3
4. Part I: Grammatical Sketches
5. Outline of contents for grammatical sketches 21
6. Macushi: Miriam Abbott
7. Introduction 23
8. Syntax of the Sentence or Clause 24
9. Syntax Of Phrase Types 83
10. Particles 133
11. Phonology 140
12. Ideophones 149
13. References 152
14. Appendix 153
15. Paumarí: Shirley Chapman and Desmond C. Derbyshire
16. Introduction 161
17. Syntax Of The Sentence Or Clause 163
18. Syntax of Phrase Types 250
19. Particles 339
20. Phonology 346
21. Ideophones 350
22. References 352
23. Part II: Maipuran (Arawakan) Classification
24. A Classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) Languages Based on Shared Lexical Retentions
25. 0 Introduction 355
26. 1 An overview of the Arawakan language family 360
27. 2 Previous comparative studies of Maipuran 367
28. 3 Aspects of Maipuran grammatical structure 375
29. 4 Noun classifiers 382
30. 5 Preliminary reconstructions and cognate sets 389
31. 6 Reconstructed phonemes and reflexes 427
32. 7 Conclusions 481
33. References 491
34. Cumulative Index to Volumes 1-3 501
35. Backmatter 519