The Jarawara language of Southern Amazonia
By: R.M.W. Dixon ; with the assistance of Alan R. Vogel.
Contributors: Vogel, Alan R.
Series: [Oxford linguistics]
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng; sai
Number of pages: 636
Subjects: Jaruára language -- Grammar.; Jaruára language -- Lexicology.
Description: "R. M.W. Dixon is well known for his grammars of the Australian languages Dyirbal and Yidin, and of the Boumaa variety of Fijian. Here he provides a detailed description and analysis of Jarawara, a dauntingly complex language from Brazil, based on field research over a twelve-year period deep in the Amazonian jungle."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [612]-614) and index.
Series title from jacket.