On the Tupi-Guaranian prehistory of the siriono verb

This paper shows that the verbal morphosyntax of Siriono, which is synchronically highly divergent from that of other Tupi-Guaranian (TG) languages, can be derived from the reconstructed proto-TG (PTG) system. Arguments will be presented to show that the S A=A series of person markers (e.g. PTG 1sg...

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Main Author: Roland Hemmauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222007000200004&lng=en&tlng=en