The Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia

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R. M. W. Dixon, author of acclaimed grammars of Australian Aboriginal languages and Fijian, here describes the hauntingly complex structure of Jarawara, spoken by just 170 Indians. Professor Dixon shared their daily lives, deep in the Amazonian jungle, during seven field trips. He explains how
their unusual language reflects their environment and their mental attitudes: for example, when someone describes something that has happened the grammar...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0199270678

ISBN13:9780199270675

Release Date:December 2004

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:660 Pages

Weight:2.84 lbs.

Dimensions:1.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"

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