Ingush Grammar
1st Edition
Published on 15. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
830 pages
978-0-520-09877-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a comprehensive reference grammar of Ingush, a language of the Nakh branch of the Nakh-Daghestanian or East Caucasian language family of the central Caucasus (southern Russia). Ingush is notable for its complex phonology, prosody including minimal tone system, complex morphology of both nouns and verbs, clause chaining, long-distance reflexivization, and extreme degree of syntactic ergativity.
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Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
1406 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-09877-0 (9780520098770)
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Person
Johanna Nichols is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Affiliate Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley. She works on languages of the Caucasus, typology, and the linguistic prehistory of the steppe periphery.