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A Grammar of Hup (Hardcover, no CD-ROM in POD-edition)
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A Grammar of Hup (Hardcover, no CD-ROM in POD-edition)
Series: Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]
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This work is a reference grammar of Hup, a member of the Nadahup
family (also known as Maku or Vaupes-Japura), which is spoken in
the fascinatingly multilingual Vaupes region of the northwest
Amazon. This detailed description and analysis is informed by a
functional-typological perspective, with particular reference to
areal contact and grammaticalization. The grammar begins with an
introduction to the cultural and linguistic background of Hup
speakers, gives an overview of the phonology, and follows this with
chapters on morphosyntax (nominal morphology, verbs and verb
compounding, tense, aspect, modality, evidentiality, etc.); it
concludes with discussions of negation, the simple clause, and
clause combining. A number of features of Hup grammar are
typologically significant, such as its strategy of inversion in
question formation, its system of Differential Object Marking, and
its treatment of possession. Hup also exhibits several highly
unusual paths of grammaticalization, such as the development of a
verbal future suffix from the noun 'stick, tree'. The book also
includes a selection of texts and a CD-ROM with audio files.
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