A Grammar of Beserman : Volume 2 / Timofey Arkhangelskiy, Maria Usacheva and Maria Cheremisinova.
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TextLanguage: English Language: English Series: Grammars and Sketches of the World's Languages ; . | Language and Linguistics E-Books Online, Collection 2026Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026Copyright date: ©2026Description: 1 online resource (660 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- 9789004763241
- Volume 2
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- P57.I4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 19 Syntax of Noun Phrases / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 2 Syntax of Relational Nouns and Postpositions / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 21 Comparative Constructions and Attenuative Marker =ges / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 22 Tautological Constructions / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 23 Agreement / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 24 Coordination, Negation, NPI s and Quantifiers / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 25 Non-Verbal Predication / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 26 Existential Clauses and Predicative Possession / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 27 Finite and Infinitival Complementation / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 28 Nominalizations / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 29 Finite Relative Clauses / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 3 Participles and Non-Finite Relative Clauses / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 31 Adverbial Clauses and Depictives / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 32 Converbs and Non-Finite Adverbial Clauses / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 33 Reported Speech / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 34 Anaphora and Syntax of the Reflexive Pronoun / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 35 Discourse Particles, Clitics and Clitic Clusters / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 36 Word Order and Information Structure / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 37 Politeness, Formulas and Taboos / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 38 Lexicon / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 39 Kinship Terms / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 4 Addressing and Referencing People / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Chapter 41 Text Samples / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Back Matter -- Appendix 1 List of Glosses / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Appendix 2 Actional Classes of a Sample of Verbs / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Appendix 3 Map of Shamardan and Nearby Villages / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Appendix 4 Correspondence between Beserman and Russian Place Names / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Appendix 5 List of Consultants in Shamardan / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova -- Index / Timofey Arkhangelskiy , Maria Usacheva , and Maria Cheremisinova.
The Soviet authorities denied the Besermans the right to self-identify. For decades, their language was dismissed as merely a dialect of Udmurt, a closely related language spoken by a different ethnic group. Only in 221 was Beserman officially recognized as a separate language—by then, some fifteen years had already passed since intergenerational transmission had come to an end. This grammar demonstrates why such recognition matters. Drawing on many years of fieldwork within the Beserman community, it offers a comprehensive portrait of the language: its phonology, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, information structure, and pragmatics. More than 3,7 carefully selected examples bring these features to life and show that Beserman is, beyond doubt, a language worthy of study in its own right.
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