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Handbook of Amazonian Languages Handbook of Amazonian Languages Volume 1 edited by Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum Mouton de Gruyter Berlin · New York · Amsterdam Mouton de Gruyter (formerly Mouton, The Hague) is a Division of Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Handbook of Amazonian languages. 1. Indians of South America-Brazil-Languages. 2. Amazon River Region-Languages. I. Derbyshire, Desmond C. II. Pullum, Geoffrey K. PM5151.H36 1986 498 86-12692 ISBN 0-89925-124-2 (alk. paper) CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme der Deutschen Bibliothek Handbook of Amazonian languages / Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum ed. - Berlin ; New York ; Amsterdam : Mouton de Gruyter NE: Derbyshire, Desmond C. [Hrsg.] Vol. 1 (1986). ISBN 3-11-010257-9 Printed on acid free paper. © Copyright 1986 by Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form — by photoprint, microfilm, or any other means — nor transmitted nor translated into a machine language without written permission from Mouton de Gruyter, a Division of Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin. Printing: Ratzlow-Druck, Berlin. — Binding: Dieter Mikolai, Berlin. - Printed in Germany. PREFACE This volume, the first of a planned series of three, is the result of nearly ten years of collaborative work. The editors worked together on documenting the languages of Amazonia on grants from the U.K. Social Science Research Council to University College London during 1977-1981 (grant nos. HR5114 and HR6990), and are grateful for that support, which provided some of the foundations for the preparation for the present volume. The first-named editor is also grateful to the British Academy for grants of travel funds mat were essential in making this project possible, and to the Summer Institute of Linguistics and its members (particularly those in Brazil and Peru, at the University of North Dakota summer sessions, and in the Academic Publications and Printing Arts departments in Dallas) for their constant cooperation, assistance and support. Both editors thank the Syntax Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for other assistance and support during 1981-1985. The aim of the work is to increase the accessibility of descriptive and interpretive material relating to the grammatical structures of the languages· of Amazonia. We have both been struck by the paucity of information about the indigenous languages of South America in the mainstream of linguistics. Even relatively wide-ranging comparative surveys of linguistic phenomena often fail to have even a single Amazonian language in their sample, and to a large extent this is not because of deliberate exclusion but rather because of a lack of available information. To the extent that this work is successful in improving the situation, the majority of the credit must go to the authors of the various contributions that we have elicited for inclusion here. These authors have spent significant portions of their lives working in Amazonia and learning the languages they discuss and describe in these pages. The appearance of this collection is primarily a tribute to them. Many other scholars have assisted us in various ways, often giving generously of their expertise and their time. We cannot list every name, but we want to take this opportunity to express our gratitude to every one of them. SOUTH AMERICA Approximate locations of 10 Guajajara some Amazonian 11 Jamamadi language groups 12 Machiguenga 13 Nomatsiguenga 14 Pajonal Campa 1 Amuesha 15 Palikur 2 Apalai 16 Parecis 3 Apurinä 17 Paumari 4 Ashaninca 18 Piraha 5 Asheninca 19 Piro 6 Canela-Kraho 20 Terena 7 Caquinte 21 Urubu-Kaapor 8 Culina 22 Waurä 9 Deni 23 Yagua CONTENTS Preface v Map-South America vi Abbreviations ix Introduction I Desmond C. Derbyshire and Geoffrey K. Pullum Part I: Grammatical Sketches Outline of Contents for each chapter in Part I 31 Apalai 33 Edward and Sally Koehn Canela-Kraho 128 Jack and Jo Popjes Pirahä 200 Daniel L. Everett Urubu-Kaapor 326 James Kakumasu Part : Word Order and Typological Studies Verb Prominence, Verb Initialness, Ergativity and Typological Disharmony in Guajajara 407 Carl H. Harrison Basic Constituent Order in Yagua Clauses: Implications for Word Order Universals 440 Doris L. Payne viii CONTENTS Part III: Comparative Arawakan Studies Comparative Survey of Morphology and Syntax in Brazilian Arawakan 469 Desmond C. Derbyshire Grammatical Characteristics of PreAndine Arawakan Languages of Peru 567 Mary Ruth Wise ABBREVIATIONS ABLAT ablative ABS absolutive ACCOMPL accomplished ACT actual ADJ adjective ADJVZR adjectivizer ADLAT adlative ADVERS adversative FF affirmative AFFIRM affirmation AG agent ANIM animate ASP.AUX aspect auxiliary ASSOC associative ΓΝΤΑ attention AUG augmentative AUX auxiliary, auxiliary verb BEN benefactive CAUS causative CERT certainty CESS cessative CLASS class, classification, classifier CLOS closure CMPL completive CNCT connective CNJ conjunction COLL collective COMIT comitative COMPAR comparison COMPL complement COMPLMTZR complementizer COND conditional CONT continuative CONTRADES contradesiderative CONTRAEXP contraexpective CONTRAFACT contrafactual COP copula CUST customary DAT dative
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