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A Grammar of Mangghuer Keith W. Slater

A Grammar of Mangghuer By Keith W. Slater

A Grammar of Mangghuer by Keith W. Slater


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This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language. Its primary importance is as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. It also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies.

A Grammar of Mangghuer Summary

A Grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund by Keith W. Slater

This book is a grammar of Mangghuer, a Mongolic language spoken by approximately 25,000 people in China's northwestern Qinghai Province. Mangghuer is virtually unknown outside China, and no grammar of Mangghuer has ever been published in any language. The book's primary importance is thus as a systematic grammatical description of a little-known language. The book also makes a significant contribution to comparative Mongolic studies. In addition to the synchronic description of Mangghuer, extensive comparison with other Mongolic languages is included, demonstrating the genetic relationship of Mangghuer within that family. In the course of describing Mangghuer linguistic structures, the book also examines issues of interest to linguistic typologists.

A Grammar of Mangghuer Reviews

This is the most thorough and careful study we have to date on Monguor morphosyntax.' - Arienne M. Dwyer, The Journal of Asian Studies

His grammar of Mangghuer is a significant contribution both to Mongolian linguistics and to the study of language contact and areal phenomena. - Gyorgy Kara, Anthropological Linguistics

This brilliant study is a wonderfully readable and detailed grammar of the Monguor language as it is spoken in Minhe county in Qinghai province An insightful and well-written contribution of lasting value. - George van Driem, Studies in Language

'[A] valuable and pioneering presentation of Mangghuer grammar.' - Juha Janhunen, Studia Orientalia

'Slater has not only provided a meticulous study of the grammatical structures of the Mangghuer language, but he has also presented one of the first typological overviews of the QGS and a characterization of language contact processes among its constituent languages. This book is a great contribution to both the field of Mongolian studies as well as language contact studies in general, and it would be a welcome addition to any Mongolist's library' - Andrew Shimunek, Mongolian Studies

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Symbols List of Tables 1. Background 2. Phonology 3. Nouns and Noun Phrases 4. The Clause 5. The Subjective / Objective Speaker Involvement Distinction 6. Clause Combining 7. Reported Speech in Folktale Narratives 8. Language Contact: Summary and Implications Appendix Notes References Index

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NPB9780700714711
9780700714711
0700714715
A Grammar of Mangghuer: A Mongolic Language of China's Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund by Keith W. Slater
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2003-06-19
400
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