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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Language: | English |
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Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
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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 |