Wari - 9780415009997

Taylor & Francis

This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language, and makes an important contribution to the database of linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered. > This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language and makes an important contribution to linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the Chapakuran languages of Western Brazil and Eastern Bolivia are endangered, and less than 2,000 known speakers of Wari and its related dialects are left in existence. > Preface OVERVIEW OF 'ORO NAO' GRAMMAR 1. SYNTAX 2. MORPHOLOGY 3. PHONOLOGY 4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS 5. LEXICON 6. TEXTS > Daniel L. Everett, Barbara Kern