A grammar of Rapa Nui
This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clau...
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| description | This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a ‘neutral’ aspect marker, a serial verb construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui’s relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-277782025-07-21T15:58:07Z A grammar of Rapa Nui Kievit, Paulus reduplication patterns polynseian languages metrical constraints phonological shape of words easter island word-final devoicing Determiner Noun Noun phrase Polynesian languages Preposition and postposition Tahitian language Verb Verb phrase thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a ‘neutral’ aspect marker, a serial verb construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui’s relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-01-12 23:55 2017-12-01 23:55:55 2018-12-12 10:19:03 2020-04-01T13:15:05Z 2017 book 641736 OCN: 1030820863 2363-5568 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30840 9783946234760;9781542544795 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27778 eng Studies in Diversity Linguistics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30840/1/641736.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30840/1/641736.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30840/1/641736.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30840/1/641736.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30840/1/641736.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.235525 10.5281/zenodo.235525 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 Knowledge Unlatched 9783946234760;9781542544795 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 665 open access |
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