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Title

A Māori reference grammar / Ray Harlow.

Author

Harlow, Ray

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : Longman, c2001.

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Description

viii, 310 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Particularly useful for those who already have a command of Māori and want an account of how the language works - for example: advanced learners in secondary and tertiary courses, native speakers of Māori, teachers in immersion and bilingual classes"--Back cover.

Subject

Māori language > Grammar

Genre/Form

Grammars.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [297] and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Māori pronunciation and spelling -- 2.1 The sound system of Māori -- 2.2 The Māori writing system -- 3. Phrases and particles -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The structure of the phrase -- 4. Word formation -- 4.1 Simple and complex bases -- 4.2 Simple bases -- 4.3 Reduplication -- 4.4 Complex bases -- 4.5 Compounds -- 5. The simple sentence -- 5.1 One-and two-phrase sentences -- 5.2 Negation of simple sentences -- 5.3 Comments -- 5.4 Co-ordination and apposition -- 6. Transformations -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Passive -- 6.3 Fronting transformations -- 6.4 Nominalisations -- 7. Further sentence types -- 7.1 Commands -- 7.2 Questions -- 7.3 Complex sentences -- 7.4 Relative clauses -- 8. Numerals and time expressions -- 8.1 Numerals -- 8.2 Time expressions -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN

0582543541

LCCN

^^2001409631

OCLC

• 50234922
• SCSB-11866714

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library