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Grammar of the Kabardian Language
This is the first comprehensive grammar of a non-Indo-European language from
the Northwest Caucasian family in a language other than Russian that covers
all areas of the grammar. Kabardian is complex at every level. The language
treated is not the literary standard, but Kabardian as it was found in texts
and in the mouths of Kabardians. This study is an advance over grammatical
sketches of related languages in that it gives a complete account of the
phonology and morphology of the language, accounting for what were
previously known as 'random variants'. The book gives the reader the first
account of the syntax of this language. It will give the area specialist
access to the language. It will give the linguist interested in complex
languages access to an extraordinarily difficult language, and it will give
the theoretical linguist access to a language that exhibits topological
exotica at every level of its grammar, from phonetics to the lexicon. |
9780919813960
John Colarusso
232 pages 150x230mm
£10.99 paperbackUniversity of Calgary Press
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