TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schorer,Nicolas
TI  - The Dura language: grammar and phylogeny 
T2  - Brill's Tibetan Studies Library
SN  - 9789004326408
AV  - PL3801.D9971 
U1  - 495/.4 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Dura language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - History
KW  - Extinct languages
KW  - Nepal
KW  - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW  - Southeast Asian Languages
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Lamjung (Nepal : District)
KW  - Languages
KW  - Lamjung (District)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Aims; 1.2 Organisation; 1.3 Approach; 1.4 Data on Tibeto-Burman; 1.5 Dura Sources; 1.6 Epistemological Limitations; 1.7 Fieldwork and Informants; 1.8 A Note on the Transliteration and Spelling Conventions; Chapter 2 The Dura and Their Language; 2.1 The Dura People-Kingmakers on the Fringes; 2.2 The Dura Language; 2.3 Earlier Research on Dura; 2.4 Dura Media Frenzy; 2.5 Language Classification; Chapter 3 A Typological Overview; 3.1 Phonology; 3.2 Morphology and Syntax; 3.3 Summary; Chapter 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura4.1 Consonants; 4.2 Vowels; 4.3 Diphthongs; 4.4 Phonological Processes; 4.5 Phonotactics; Chapter 5 Lexicon; 5.1 Dura Sound Changes; 5.2 Dura Swadesh Lists; 5.3 Kinship Terms; 5.4 Foodstuffs; 5.5 Animals; 5.6 Basic Verbs; 5.7 Numerals; 5.8 Colour Terms; 5.9 Household and Environment; 5.10 Human Body Parts and Body Functions; 5.11 Loanwords; Chapter 6 Nouns; 6.1 Pronouns; 6.2 Noun Categories; 6.3 Nominal Prefixes; 6.4 Case Suffixes; 6.5 Relator Nouns & Postpositions; 6.6 Nominalisations; 6.7 Simple Nouns; 6.8 Compounding; 6.9 Noun Reduplication; 6.10 The Structure of the Noun Phrase6.11 Unanalysable Nouns; Chapter 7 Adjectives and Adjectivals; 7.1 Common Adjectives; 7.2 Adjectivals; Chapter 8 Verbs; 8.1 Verbal Prefixes; 8.2 Verbal Suffixes; 8.3 Copulas; 8.4 Periphrastic Constructions; 8.5 Modal Constructions; 8.6 Periphrastic Causative; 8.7 Complex Predicate Constructions; Chapter 9 Adverbs; 9.1 Adverbs of Time; 9.2 Adverbs of Location; 9.3 Adverbs of Manner; 9.4 Epistemic Adverbs; Chapter 10 Minor Word Classes; 10.1 Other Pronouns; 10.2 Other Demonstratives; 10.3 Quantifiers; 10.4 Possible Remnants of Numeral Classifiers; 10.5 Words with Pragmatic FunctionChapter 11 Phylogenetic Evidence; 11.1 Phonology; 11.2 Lexicon; 11.3 Morphology & Syntax; 11.4 The Case of West Bodish; 11.5 Proposed Genetic Affiliation of Dura; Appendix; Maps; Master List of Morphological Items; Dura Sentences; Etymological Reference Dictionary; References; Sources; Bibliography; Index
N2  - In The Dura Language: Grammar andamp; Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas
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