A Grammar of Cavineña

by Antoine Guillaume

This book is a detailed high-quality descriptive grammar of the endangered Cavine a language (less than 1200 speakers), spoken in the Amazonian rainforest of Lowland Bolivia, an area where the indigenous languages are virtually unknown. Cavine a belongs to the Tacanan family, comprising five languages, none of which has been the subject of an adequate descriptive grammar. The grammar is based mostly on the extensive fieldwork conducted by the author...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110188422
• ISBN13: 9783110188424
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 934 Pages
• Weight: 3.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary