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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... grammatical survey of Jero should therefore not be compared with the comprehensive grammatical descriptions of Dumi , Limbu , Wambule or Yamphu , which are based on a extensive acquaintance of the lan- guages in question . Nevertheless ...
... grammatical survey of Jero should therefore not be compared with the comprehensive grammatical descriptions of Dumi , Limbu , Wambule or Yamphu , which are based on a extensive acquaintance of the lan- guages in question . Nevertheless ...
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... grammatical roles from one another . The use of grammatical role markers with nouns and nominals is also best analysed in terms of the expression of an intended meaning . The in- tention on the part of the speaker may be to clearly ...
... grammatical roles from one another . The use of grammatical role markers with nouns and nominals is also best analysed in terms of the expression of an intended meaning . The in- tention on the part of the speaker may be to clearly ...
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... grammatical patient of a verbal event . The grammatical patient is recipient participant in ( 41 ) and ( 42 ) but a patient participant in ( 43 ) . Kwal muthi handful 41m one nɔi phɔi - ce that.hrz seri husked.grain gǝk - kha - Ø give ...
... grammatical patient of a verbal event . The grammatical patient is recipient participant in ( 41 ) and ( 42 ) but a patient participant in ( 43 ) . Kwal muthi handful 41m one nɔi phɔi - ce that.hrz seri husked.grain gǝk - kha - Ø give ...
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