A Grammar of Makasar: A Language of South Sulawesi, IndonesiaThe book is a grammar of the Makasar language, spoken by about 2 million people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Makasarese is a head–marking language which marks arguments on the predicate with a system of pronominal clitics, following an ergative/absolutive pattern. Full noun phrases are relatively free in order, while pre-predicate focus position which is widely used. The phonology is notable for the large number of geminate and pre–glottalised consonant sequences, while the morphology is characterised by highly productive affixation and pervasive encliticisation of pronominal and aspectual elements. The work draws heavily on literary sources reaching back more than three centuries; this tradition includes two Indic based scripts, a system based on Arabic, and various Romanised conventions. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction | 1 |
Chapter 2 Makasar Writing and Literature | 44 |
Chapter 3 Phonetics Phonology | 65 |
Chapter 4 Morphological Units | 119 |
Chapter 5 Word Classes | 143 |
Chapter 6 Nouns and Noun Phrases | 196 |
Chapter 7 Basic Clause Structure | 231 |
Chapter 8 VoiceValenceSignalling Prefixes | 255 |
Chapter 11 Other Verbal Affixes | 319 |
Chapter 12 Grammatical Relations | 330 |
Chapter 13 Other Clause Types | 340 |
Appendix A Excerpt of the Gowa Chronicle from Manuscript KIT 668216 | 365 |
The Karaeng Who Gave Birth to a Goat | 391 |
A Trip to Bulukumba | 418 |
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Common terms and phrases
3PRO adjectives affixes aN(N anjo anne appear APPL argument balla base basic battu buffalo Bugis CAUS causative Cense child Chronicle clauses clitic common consonant construction Daeng definite derived described discussed elements enclitic example fact fish focus function geminate give given goat Gowa head host intransitive kana kanre karaeng karaeng DEF karaeng ri kill language Makasar marked marker Massere meaning mo pfv modifiers nasal nominal Note nouns numerals occur pass pers person position Poss possessive possible predicate prefix pronoun refers relative result ri prep Roong roots script seen sequences similar single sleep South Sulawesi speakers stress suffix syllable Tallo tena texts transitive types usually verb voice vowel word