A Grammar of Savosavo
Download or Read eBook A Grammar of Savosavo PDF written by Claudia Wegener and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Claudia Wegener |
| Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2012-10-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9783110289657 |
| ISBN-13 | : 3110289652 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Grammar of Savosavo by : Claudia Wegener
Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive description of Savosavo, a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language spoken by approximately 2,500 speakers on Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Based on primary field data recorded by the author, it provides an overview of all levels of grammar. In addition, a full chapter is dedicated to nominalization of verbs by means of one particular suffix, which occur in a number of constructions ranging from lexical to syntactic nominalization. The appendix provides glossed example texts and a list of lexemes.
