A Grammar of Tariana, from Northwest Amazonia

The speakers of Tariana, an endangered Arawak language from the northwest Amazonian jungle, traditionally marry someone speaking a different language; therefore, most are fluent in five or six languages. This comprehensive grammar reveals how Tariana combines its own features with those borrowed from neighboring languages because of the rampant multilingualism. The language has many unusual properties, making this grammar a valuable sourcebook for linguists and others interested in natural languages.

Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 732
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.52lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.46d
ISBN: 9780521028868

About the Author
Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y.: - Alexandra Aikhenvald is Professor of Linguistics and Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. Her books include Language Contact in Amazonia (2003) and The Amazonian languages (co-edited with R. M. W. Dixon, Cambridge University Press, 1999). She has done extensive fieldwork on numerous Arawak languages from Brazil and has published a collection of texts in Tariana and also a Tariana-Portuguese dictionary.

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