A Grammar of Bjokapakha

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43522-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 514 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 864 g

Reihe: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library / Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region

A Grammar of Bjokapakha by Selin Grollmann constitutes the first description of Bjokapakha, an endangered language spoken in central Bhutan belonging to the Tshangla branch of Trans-Himalayan. This grammar comprises a description of the phonology, lexicon, nominal morphology, predicate structures and syntax. In addition to the descriptive parts, this book encompasses a historical-comparative account of Bjokapakha. The introductory chapter provides a comparison with the standard variety of Tshangla and corroborates the internal diversity of the Tshangla branch. The present-day structure of Bjokapakha verbal morphology is illuminated by means of an internal reconstruction. Moreover, this book contains a glossary and a text collection.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grollmann, Selin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction

DTD#1.1 Language and Speakers

DTD#1.2 Phylogeny

DTD#1.3 Data, Material and Consultants

DTD#1.4 Structure and Focus

2 Phonology

DTD#1.1 Phoneme Inventory

DTD#1.2 Syllable Structure

DTD#1.3 Phonological Processes

DTD#1.4 Morphophonology

3 Lexicon

DTD#1.1 Grammatical Categories

DTD#1.2 Formatives

DTD#1.3 Compounding

4 Nominals and Noun Phrase Structures

DTD#1.1 Nominal Morphology

DTD#1.2 Pronouns

DTD#1.3 Noun Phrase Structure

5 Predicate Types and Structures

DTD#1.1 Overview of Verbal Morphology

DTD#1.2 Verbal Morphology

DTD#1.3 Complex Predicates

DTD#1.4 Nominal Predicates

DTD#1.5 An Internal Reconstruction of Bjokapakha Verbal Morphology

6 Syntax

DTD#1.1 Basic Clause Structure

DTD#1.2 Pragmatic Devices

DTD#1.3 Multi-clause Constructions

Appendix 1: Text Corpus

Appendix 2: Glossary

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Selin Grollmann, M.A. (2014), University of Bern, is a Ph.D. candidate at that university. She is working on Trans-Himalayan languages of Bhutan and eastern Nepal and currently writing a grammar of Nachiring, a moribund Kiranti language, as her Ph.D. thesis.