Author: Lamont Lindstrom
Publisher:
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Category : Austronesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Nikukua Sai Nagkiariien Nininife
Author: Lamont Lindstrom
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Category : Austronesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Publisher:
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Category : Austronesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 722
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Pacific Languages
Author: John Lynch
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824818982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of individual languages are available, until now there has been no single book that attempts a wide regional coverage for a general audience. Pacific Languages introduces readers to the grammatical features of Oceanic, Papuan, and Australian languages as well as to the semantic structures of these languages. For readers without a formal linguistic background, a brief introduction to descriptive linguistics is provided. In addition to describing the structure of Pacific languages, this volume places them in their historical and geographical context, discusses the linguistic evidence for the settlement of the Pacific, and speculates on the reason for the region's many languages. It devotes considerable attention to the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and to the development of pidgin and creole languages in the Pacific. Throughout, technical language is kept to a minimum without oversimplifying the concepts or the issues involved. A glossary of technical terms, maps, and diagrams help identify a language geographically or genetically; reading lists and a language index guide the researcher interested in a particular language or group to other sources of information. Here at last is a clear and straightforward overview of Pacific languages for linguists and anyone interested in the history of sociology of the Pacific.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824818982
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of individual languages are available, until now there has been no single book that attempts a wide regional coverage for a general audience. Pacific Languages introduces readers to the grammatical features of Oceanic, Papuan, and Australian languages as well as to the semantic structures of these languages. For readers without a formal linguistic background, a brief introduction to descriptive linguistics is provided. In addition to describing the structure of Pacific languages, this volume places them in their historical and geographical context, discusses the linguistic evidence for the settlement of the Pacific, and speculates on the reason for the region's many languages. It devotes considerable attention to the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and to the development of pidgin and creole languages in the Pacific. Throughout, technical language is kept to a minimum without oversimplifying the concepts or the issues involved. A glossary of technical terms, maps, and diagrams help identify a language geographically or genetically; reading lists and a language index guide the researcher interested in a particular language or group to other sources of information. Here at last is a clear and straightforward overview of Pacific languages for linguists and anyone interested in the history of sociology of the Pacific.
Comparative Austronesian Dictionary
Author: Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110884011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 3564
Book Description
Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110884011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 3564
Book Description
Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.
Kwamera Dictionary
Author: Lamont Lindstrom
Publisher:
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Pacific Linguistics
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Category : Elema (Papua New Guinea people)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
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Category : Elema (Papua New Guinea people)
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Linguistics Circle of Canberra Publications
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Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Pacific Studies
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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A World of Language
Author: Donald C. Laycock
Publisher:
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Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Kwamera
Author: Lamont Lindstrom
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Acquisition List
Author: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Library. Pacific Collection
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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Publisher:
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Category : Oceania
Languages : en
Pages : 642
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