HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES formatIsbn:Hardcover 9783110128369 La minorité francophone de Terre Neuve 70174 Stuttgart La minorité francophone de Terre Neuve constitue le groupe franco canadien le moins bien connu This book is about what the 'lack' of agreement indicates about the structure of language Pullum Introduction Part I: Grammatical Sketches Outline of contents for grammatical sketches Macushi: Miriam Abbott Introduction Syntax of the Sentence or Clause Syntax Of Phrase Types Particles Phonology Ideophones References Appendix Paumarí: Shirley Chapman and Desmond C Derbyshire Introduction Syntax Of The Sentence Or Clause Syntax of Phrase Types Particles Phonology Ideophones References Part II: Maipuran (Arawakan) Classification A Classification of Maipuran (Arawakan) Languages Based on Shared Lexical Retentions 0 Introduction 1 An overview of the Arawakan language family 2 Previous comparative studies of Maipuran 3 Aspects of Maipuran grammatical structure 4 Noun classifiers 5 Preliminary reconstructions and cognate sets 6 Reconstructed phonemes and reflexes 7 Conclusions References Cumulative Index to Volumes 1 3 Barker