A sketch grammar of Lamjung Yolmo.
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2016
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Gawne, Lauren
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Asia-Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
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This book provides the first grammatical description of the Lamjung variety of Yolmo, a
Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal. The volume outlines key ethnographic information
about the speakers of Lamjung Yolmo, including an account of the historical migration from
the Melamchi Valley to low hills in the Lamjung District. The relationship to other Yolmo
varieties, including that spoken by the main population in the Melamchi Valley, and the
Syuba variety spoken in Ramechhap, is outlined, as well as its place within the Central Bodic
branch of Tibeto-Burman. The focus of the volume is the grammatical description, which
encompasses the major features of the language. The chapter on phonetics and phonology
includes discussion of the vowel and consonant inventories, as well as the lexical tone system.
The parts of speech chapter includes argumentation for the existence of word classes
including nominals, verbs, adjectives, adverbs postpositions, interjections, discourse markers
and honorifics. The chapter on the noun phrase includes discussion of pronominal forms,
articles and case-marking. The verb phrase chapter includes discussion of tense, aspect and
modality, including the evidential distinctions made in the language. The final chapter looks
at features of clause structure, including relative clauses, complement clauses, nominalisation,
clause combining questions and reported speech. A collection of interlinearised texts is also
included.
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Tibeto-Burman languages–Nepal, Tibeto-Burman languages–grammar
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