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Publication details [#46567]

Coupe, A.R. 2004. A Grammar of Mongsen Ao. (Mouton Grammar Library 39). De Gruyter. XXIII+ 526 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Language as a subject

Annotation

This first comprehensive grammatical description of Mongsen Ao, a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India, provides interesting new insights into the structure of a Tibeto-Burman language in a linguistically little-known region. A typologically interesting feature is the unusual case marking system where grammatical marking is motivated by semantic and pragmatic factors. Processes of grammaticalisation are also dealt with.