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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Koninklijke Brill N.V.

Languages of the greater himalayan region (Online), Leiden, 2016

Brill's Tibetan studies library, Volume 5/17, Leiden, 2016

Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, 2016

Netherlands, Netherlands

2013

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Contents
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 Dura
4.1 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 Phrase
6.11 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 Function
Chapter 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

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