A grammar of Yauyos Quechua

This book presents a synchronic grammar of the southern dialects of Yauyos, an extremely endangered Quechuan language spoken in the Peruvian Andes. As the language is highly synthetic, the grammar focuses principally on morphology; a longer section is dedicated to the language's unusual evident...

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Main Author: Shimelman, Aviva (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Language Science Press [2017]
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505 0 |a Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Phonology and morphophonemics -- Chapter 3: Substantives -- Chapter 4: Verbs -- Chapter 5: Particles -- Chapter 6: Enclitics -- Chapter 7: Syntax -- Appendix A: Analysis of the Southern Yauyos Quenchua lexicon -- Appendix B: Further analysis of evidential modifiers 
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