A grammar of Suki, a language of Papua New Guinea
| dc.contributor.author | van Tongeren, Charlotte | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-09T02:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-11-09T02:51:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This is a grammar of Suki, a Trans New Guinea language spoken by approximately 7500 people living in and around a lagoon, close to the Fly River, in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. The data for this grammar was collected during 18 months of fieldwork. Suki has a rich verb morphology. It inflects for up to three arguments and one of 15 tense-aspect-mood-polarity values. Verbs often occur in serialisation. Verbless and copular clauses are also frequently used. Central to the grammar of Suki is the TAMP-particle unit, a paradigm of forms of which one representative is required in every main clause. The TAMP-particle unit is, on the one hand, an information structuring device, and on the other, a marker of tense-aspect-mood-polarity, which interacts with the marking on the verb. Through its omnipresence, it has a structuring role in many of the language's constructions, including clause combining and insubordination. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/278358 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
| dc.title | A grammar of Suki, a language of Papua New Guinea | |
| dc.type | Thesis (PhD) | |
| local.contributor.affiliation | School of Culture History & Language, College of Asia & The Pacific, The Australian National University | |
| local.contributor.authoremail | u5144997@anu.edu.au | |
| local.contributor.supervisor | Evans, Nicholas | |
| local.contributor.supervisorcontact | u1454988@anu.edu.au | |
| local.identifier.doi | 10.25911/42C8-5V41 | |
| local.identifier.proquest | No | |
| local.mintdoi | mint | |
| local.thesisANUonly.author | 61f87705-806b-46f2-8f88-b61b18dbc27a | |
| local.thesisANUonly.key | 19719f4f-b8de-0e5c-de16-01c54fbaf47a | |
| local.thesisANUonly.title | 000000014260_TS_1 |
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