A Grammar of Jero: With a Historical Comparative Study of the Kiranti LanguagesThis description of the phonology, morphology and syntax of the endangered (Tibeto-Burman) Jero language as spoken in eastern Nepal, appears in sequel to the author's 2004 Grammar of Wambule, the language most closely related to Jero. It pictures the complex-pronominalising language of the Jero Rai, one of the Kiranti tribes of eastern Nepal. With a historical comparative study of the Kiranti languages, the branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family to which both Jero and Wambule belong. An exhaustive and model reference work for Tibeto-Burman linguistics, language typology and linguistic theory. With financial support of the International Institute for Asian Studies (www.iias.nl). |
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... action , but is most certainly affected by it . In other words , the middle subject can be identified as the entity which undergoes the effect of the action expressed by the verb . Transitive verbs show agreement with two arguments ...
... action , but is most certainly affected by it . In other words , the middle subject can be identified as the entity which undergoes the effect of the action expressed by the verb . Transitive verbs show agreement with two arguments ...
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... action expressed by the modified verb as an event of which the temporal boundaries are unconnected to present circum- stances or the moment of speech . A factual verbal adjective relates to the background of another event , rather than ...
... action expressed by the modified verb as an event of which the temporal boundaries are unconnected to present circum- stances or the moment of speech . A factual verbal adjective relates to the background of another event , rather than ...
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... action described by the modi- fied verb , but slightly differs from the particular active verbal adjec- tive in that the action expressed by the modified verb does not just apply at a particular moment , but has a more general basis ...
... action described by the modi- fied verb , but slightly differs from the particular active verbal adjec- tive in that the action expressed by the modified verb does not just apply at a particular moment , but has a more general basis ...
Contents
CHAPTER ONE THE JERO LANGUAGE AND ITS RELATIVES | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOPHONOLOGY | 51 |
CHAPTER THREE NOMINALS AND ADVERBIALS | 79 |
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action adverbs agent agreement morpheme alternation auxiliary Bahing Bantawa become bird bite bound cause Chamling close conditioned consonant contrast cooked Diagram distinction dual Dumi ending event example expected expressed fall final forms gerund give given grain Hayu head I/we imperative indicates initial unexplained Inne intransitive Jero Khaling Kiranti languages Kulung Limbu loan lung manner marker marks means Michailovsky middle morph MORPHEME GLOSS negative Nepali nominal noun obstruents occur one's pacamm pacamm vt-2a pacapa patient person singular phoneme phonological plural position postposition present Proto-Kiranti Proto-Tibeto-Burman realised reconstructed reference second person simplex stop suffix Sunwar syllable third person Thulung tree verb root verbal adjective vi-la-i voiced voiceless vowel Wambule Yamphu