Palmer, Bill,  1961- <br/><br/>
Kokota grammar / 
Bill Palmer. 
 - xxi, 422 pages ;  23 cm. 
 - Oceanic linguistics special publications ;  35 .
 - Oceanic linguistics special publication ;  no. 35. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-416) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Sociolinguistic context --  Kokota in Oceanic --  Previous work on Kokota --  The present study --  Orthography --  Phonology --  Segmental phonology --  Syllable structure --  Word minimality --  Reduplication --  Stress --  Prosodic processes --  Noun Phrases --  Nominal forms --  Adnominal modifiers --  Structure of Noun Phrases with common noun head --  Minor NP types --  Nominal adjunct types --  Obliques and Clause-Level Adjuncts --  Prepositional phrases --  Locative adverbs --  Location names --  Local nouns --  Contextualizer nouns --  Associative noun --  Possession --  Overview of possession --  Direct possessor-indexing --  Indirect possessor-indexing --  The semantics of Kokota direct possession --  The semantics of indirect possession --  Semantic bases of possessive categories --  Pseudo-locative possession --  Zero marked possession within prepositional phrases --  Possessor-indexed NP structure --  Predicative possession --  Argument Structure --  Argument-indexing --  Permissible subject roles --  Valency alteration --  Incorporation --  Verb serialization --  Existential predications --  Adjuncts --  The Verb Complex --  Overview of verb complex --  Verb derivation --  Causative and reciprocal marking --  Adverbial-like functions of verb serialization --  Pre-head verb modifiers --  Post-head modifiers and agreement markers --  Verb complex structure --  Clause Structure --  Verbless clauses --  Declarative verbal main clauses - pragmatically unmarked structure --  Zero mentions --  Topicalization --  Focused constructions --  Adjuncts --  Negation --  Constituent modifiers --  Vocative particle nogoi [is similar to] goi --  Imperatives and Interrogation --  Imperative clauses --  Interrogation --  Complex Sentences --  Coordination --  Subordination --  Recapping --  'Be thus' clauses.  Ch. 1.  1.1.  1.2.  1.3.  1.4.  1.5.  Ch. 2.  2.1.  2.2.  2.3.  2.4.  2.5.  2.6.  Ch. 3.  3.1.  3.2.  3.3.  3.4.  5.5.  Ch. 4.  4.1.  4.2.  4.3.  4.4.  4.5.  4.6.  Ch. 5.  5.1.  5.2.  5.3.  5.4.  5.5.  5.6.  5.7.  5.8.  5.9.  5.10.  Ch. 6.  6.1.  6.2.  6.3.  6.4.  6.5.  6.6.  6.7.  Ch. 7.  7.1.  7.2.  7.3.  7.4.  7.5.  7.6.  7.7.  Ch. 8.  8.1.  8.2.  8.3.  8.4.  8.5.  8.6.  8.7.  8.8.  8.9.  Ch. 9.  9.1.  9.2.  Ch. 10.  10.1.  10.2.  10.3.  10.4. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0824832515 9780824832513 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008036495 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Kokota language--Grammar
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL6252.K671  / P36 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>499.5