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02906nam a2200349 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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OTLid0000628 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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MnU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20201105133347.0 |
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m o d s |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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181014s2017 mnu o 0 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9783946234753 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
MnU |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
MnU |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
P51 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kieviet, Paulus |
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author |
| 245 02 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
A grammar of Rapa Nui |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Paulus Kieviet |
| 264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Open Textbook Library |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Language Science Press |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 online resource |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Open textbook library. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Phonology -- Chapter 3: Nouns and verbs -- Chapter 4: Closed word classes -- Chapter 5: The noun phrase -- Chapter 6: Possession -- Chapter 7: The verb phrase -- Chapter 8: The verb clause -- Chapter 9: Nonverbal and copular clauses -- Chapter 10: Mood and negation -- Chapter 11: Combining clauses |
| 520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
This book is a comprehensive description of the grammar of Rapa Nui, the Polynesian language spoken on Easter Island. After an introductory chapter, the grammar deals with phonology, word classes, the noun phrase, possession, the verb phrase, verbal and nonverbal clauses, mood and negation, and clause combinations. The phonology of Rapa Nui reveals certain issues of typological interest, such as the existence of strict conditions on the phonological shape of words, word-final devoicing, and reduplication patterns motivated by metrical constraints. For Polynesian languages, the distinction between nouns and verbs in the lexicon has often been denied; in this grammar it is argued that this distinction is needed for Rapa Nui. Rapa Nui has sometimes been characterised as an ergative language; this grammar shows that it is unambiguously accusative. Subject and object marking depend on an interplay of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic factors. Other distinctive features of the language include the existence of a 'neutral' aspect marker, a serial verb construction, the emergence of copula verbs, a possessive-relative construction, and a tendency to maximise the use of the nominal domain. Rapa Nui's relationship to the other Polynesian languages is a recurring theme in this grammar; the relationship to Tahitian (which has profoundly influenced Rapa Nui) especially deserves attention. The grammar is supplemented with a number of interlinear texts, two maps and a subject index. |
| 542 1# - INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS |
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| Copyright statement |
Attribution |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
In English. |
| 588 0# - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE |
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| Source of description note |
Description based on print resource |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Language and languages |
| Form subdivision |
Textbooks |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Open Textbook Library |
| Relator term |
distributor |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
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| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/628">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/628</a> |
| Public note |
Access online version |
