LINGUIST List 26.2080
Sat Apr 18 2015
Diss: Pnar; Lang Documentation, Morphology, Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax, Typology: Ring: 'A Grammar of Pnar'
Editor for this issue: Danuta Allen <danutalinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-Apr-2015
From: Hiram Ring <hiram1
e.ntu.edu.sg>
Subject: A Grammar of Pnar
E-mail this message to a friend Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Program: Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2015
Author: Hiram Ring
Dissertation Title: A Grammar of Pnar
Dissertation URL:
https://www.academia.edu/11943811/A_Grammar_of_Pnar Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
Morphology
Phonetics
Phonology
Syntax
Typology
Subject Language(s):
Pnar (pbv) Dissertation Director:
Alexander Coupe
František Kratochvíl
Dissertation Abstract:
This thesis provides an initial descriptive analysis of a largely undescribed Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya, northeast India. Pnar has often been overlooked because of its lexical similarity to Khasi, with which it shares a common identity and society. Features such as verb-initial constituent order, processes of nominalization and derivation, prepositional marking, a rich gender system, a large set of deictic markers, and its use of plural marking within classifier phrases prove that Pnar is richly deserving of study. The following pages attempt to thoroughly examine the phonological, morphological, and grammatical structure of this language for the benefit of the speakers and the larger linguistic community. Appendices include a selection of texts, a list of elaborate expressions, and a 1,600 word lexicon.
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