A Grammar of Pangkhua
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Zahid Akter
About this book
Pangkhua is an endangered Tibeto-Burman language, spoken by about 2000 people in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh. This volume provides a comprehensive grammatical description of the language, based on more than a year of original fieldwork in a Pangkhua village. Taking a broadly functional typological perspective, Zahid Akter analyzes Pangkhua phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse. Some of the typologically notable characteristics of Pangkhua include presence of a relatively large number of sesquisyllabic words, an elaborate person marking on verbs, absence of a clausal conjunctive, and lack of a distinct word class of adjectives.
As the first comprehensive description of the language, this grammar contributes to comparative Tibeto-Burman linguistics more broadly by laying the groundwork for further studies locating Pangkhua in its genealogical, areal, and typological contexts. It will also serve as an invaluable resource for the maintenance and revitalization of Pangkhua language and culture.
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Zahid Akter, Wenzhou-Kean University, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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1 Introduction
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2 Phonology
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3 Word formation processes
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4 Major word classes
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5 Minor word classes
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6 Predicate structure
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7 Noun phrases
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8 Nominal morphology
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9 Argument indexation on verbs
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10 Clauses
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11 Multiclause constructions
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12 Nominalization and nominalization-based constructions
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Appendix A: Symbols and abbreviations
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Appendix B: Pangkhua sesquisyllabic words
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Appendix C: Pangkhua monosyllabic tonal minimal pairs
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Appendix D: Procedural text: Swidden cultivation
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Appendix E: Pangkhua folk story: Darskildar
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Appendix F: Glossary
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Appendix G: Metadata
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List of figures
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List of tables
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References
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Subject index
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Erratum to: A Grammar of Pangkhua
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