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Berlin, 2016. ― 463 p. — (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 8).
This grammar of Palula is essentially a revised version of my doctoral thesis, successfully defended at Stockholm University in June 2008, at the time titled Towards a grammatical description of Palula. Since then, the text has been subject to a series of necessary corrections, structural as well as content-related changes and a few but substantial additions, and it is my sincere hope that the end result is an improved product as far as user-friendliness, comprehensiveness and accuracy are concerned.
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A grammar of Palula Henrik Liljegren
Studies in Diversity Linguistics 8
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A grammar of Palula Henrik Liljegren
language science press
Henrik Liljegren. 2016. A grammar of Palula (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 8). Berlin: Language Science Press. This title can be downloaded at: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/82 © 2016, Henrik Liljegren Published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence (CC BY 4.0): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ISBN: 978-3-946234-31-9 (Digital) 978-3-946234-32-6 (Hardcover) 978-3-946234-33-3 (Softcover) 978-1523743-72-8 (Softcover US) ISSN: 2363-5568 DOI:10.17169/langsci.b82.85 Cover and concept of design: Ulrike Harbort Typesetting: Birgit Jänen, Henrik Liljegren, Sebastian Nordhoff Illustration: Henrik Liljegren, Sebastian Nordhoff, Ljuba Veselinova Proofreading: Mario Bisiada, Jonathan Brindle, Christian Döhler, Tom Gardner, Eitan Grossman, Andreas Hölzl, Michelle Natolo, Alexis Palmer, Mathias Schenner, Alec Shaw, Aviva Shimelman, Charlotte van Tongeren Fonts: Linux Libertine, Arimo, DejaVu Sans Mono, ScheherazadeRegOT_Jazm Typesetting software: XƎLATEX Language Science Press Habelschwerdter Allee 45 14195 Berlin, Germany langsci-press.org Storage and cataloguing done by FU Berlin
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پالُولہ بھراؤمی ھلی نوہ ُج ۡ To the Palula people
Contents Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Introduction 1.1 Language name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The general setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Where and by whom the language is spoken 1.2.2 The socioeconomic environment . . . . . . 1.2.3 Local history and cultural identity . . . . . 1.3 The linguistic setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.1 Genealogical affiliation . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.2 Areal affinities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.3 “Next-door” linguistic neighbours . . . . . . 1.3.4 Patterns of language use . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Internal variation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 Previous research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6 Current study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.7 Palula as a written language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.8 Remarks on