Download or read book Oceania Linguistic Monographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Linguistics in Oceania 2 written by J. Donald Bowen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-05-20 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Linguistics in Oceania, 2".

Download or read book Topics in Oceanic Morphosyntax written by Claire Moyse-Faurie and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is a collection of selected papers on Oceanic languages. For the first time, aspects of the morphology and syntax of Oceanic languages such as the encoding of sentence types, the structure of the noun phrase, noun incorporation, constituent order, and ergative vs. accusative alignment are discussed from a comparative point of view, thus drawing attention to genetic, areal and language-specific features. The individual papers are based on the field work of the authors on lesser-described and endangered languages and are basically descriptive studies. At the same time they also explore the theoretical implications of the data presented and analyzed, as well as the historical development of certain morpho-syntactic phenomena, without basing these explorations on a single theoretical framework. The book provides new insights into the morphosyntactic structures of Oceanic languages and is of interest primarily for linguists working on Austronesian, in particular Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian languages, but also for typologists and linguists working on language change.

Download or read book Pacific Languages written by John Lynch and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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Download or read book A Grammar of Papapana written by Ellen Smith-Dennis and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph is not only the first comprehensive grammar of Papapana (a previously undocumented and under-described endangered language) but the first full reference grammar of any Oceanic language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, despite this region displaying considerable linguistic innovation and language contact phenomena with numerous typologically significant features. This book describes Papapana on various levels, including phonology, morphology and syntax in noun phrases and the verb complex, and syntax at the clause- and sentence-level. Throughout the grammar, the described phenomena are related to the current research on typological and Oceanic linguistics. Typologically unusual features of Papapana include multiple reduplication, inverse-number marking in the noun phrase and postverbal subject-indexing. The book also describes the sociolinguistic and historical context within which Papapana is spoken and highlights linguistic changes resulting from language contact. The monograph fills an important gap in terms of grammatical descriptions of Bougainville Oceanic languages, and makes a significant contribution to the field of Oceanic linguistics, and to future comparative linguistic and typological research.

Download or read book Nyangumata Grammar written by Geoffrey N. O'Grady and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language spoken by approx. 700 Aborigines in Northwest Australia; fieldwork done in two stages; the Wanyali corpus collected at Wallal between 1949 and 1955, the Ngulipatu corpus collected at Roebourne (all recorded on tape); detailed grammar, English influence on Nyangumata phonology; locations and diffusion of tribes and languages.

Download or read book Oceania Linguistic Monographs written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Oceanic Languages written by John Lynch and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. Part of 2 vol set. Author Ross from ANU.

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Download or read book Marquesan written by Gabriele H. Cablitz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2006 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review text: "The book is a good introduction to the ('Ua Pou variety of) Marquesan. The reader is provided with a comprehensive overview of the linguistics of space in general and of Marquesan in particular. I recommend the book to all students of Polynesian languages and thoses linguists who are engaged in research on spatial relations."In: STUF 63.2/2010.

Download or read book A Checklist of Oceanic Languages Melanesia Micronesia New Guinea Polynesia written by Jim Hollyman and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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