A Descriptive Grammar Of The Bukawa Language Of The Morobe Province Of Papua New Guinea

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A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea

Author : William Eckermann
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea written by William Eckermann and published by Pacific Linguistics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bukawa language is an Austronesian language which is spoken by coastal inhabitants of the Huon Peninsula in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. The Bukawa villages are all situated on the coastal plain of the Huon Peninsula. This book represents an analysis of the grammar of the Bukawa language of Papua New Guinea, based upon data accumulated over a thirteen year period during which the author lived and worked with members of the language group doing Bible translation and literary work.

A Descriptive Grammar of the Bukawa Language of the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea

Author : William Eckermann
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
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A Grammar of Ma Manda

Author : Ryan Pennington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783862889167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood

Author : Jan Nuyts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199591431
Total Pages : 689 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Modality and Mood written by Jan Nuyts and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook offers an in depth and comprehensive state of the art survey of the linguistic domains of modality and mood. An international team of experts in the field examine the full range of methodological and theoretical approaches to the many facets of the phenomena involved. Following an opening section that provides an introduction and historical background to the topic, the volume is divided into five parts. Parts 1 and 2 present the basic linguistic facts about the systems of modality and mood in the languages of the world, covering the semantics and the expression of different subtypes of modality and mood respectively. The authors also examine the interaction of modality and mood, mutually and with other semantic categories such as aspect, time, negation, and evidentiality. In Part 3, authors discuss the features of the modality and mood systems in five typologically different language groups, while chapters in Part 4 deal with wider perspectives on modality and mood: diachrony, areality, first language acquisition, and sign language. Finally, Part 5 looks at how modality and mood are handled in different theoretical approaches: formal syntax, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics and construction grammar, and formal semantics.

A Typological Study of the Existential Clause

Author : Wang Yong
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040051359
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book A Typological Study of the Existential Clause written by Wang Yong and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the existential clause (EC) from a cross-linguistic perspective and within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics. The prototypical EC in the less familiar languages is identified through its functional equivalents in the more familiar ones, which share the common semantic basis of ‘there exists something in some location’. Topics addressed include the morpho-syntactic features of the EC, the subject of the EC, the definiteness effect and its manifestations in the EC, the EC as impersonals, the distinction between entity- vs. event-existentials, and the EC and its related constructions. Drawing on both cross-linguistic observations based on the language sample and in-depth investigations in particular languages (e.g., in Chinese and English), the study aims to unravel how the lexico-grammar of EC is related to its meanings and functions, that is, how meaning is realised in form. The title will appeal to scholars and students in the field of linguistics, especially functional linguistics, and syntax.

A Grammar of Nungon

Author : Hannah Sarvasy
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004340106
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Nungon written by Hannah Sarvasy and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Grammar of Nungon is the comprehensive reference grammar of Nungon, a previously-undescribed Papuan language of northeast Papua New Guinea. Hannah Sarvasy provides a rich description of the language in its cultural context, based on original immersion fieldwork.

A Linguistic Field Guide to the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea

Author : K. A. McElhanon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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A Grammar of Mangap-Mbula

Author : Robert D. Bugenhagen
Publisher : Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Book Synopsis A Grammar of Mangap-Mbula by : Robert D. Bugenhagen

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Austronesian Historical Linguistics and Culture History

Author : R. A. Blust
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Austronesian Historical Linguistics and Culture History by : R. A. Blust

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The Fore Language of Papua New Guinea

Author : Graham Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea

Author : Susanne Holzknecht
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Mali (Baining) Grammar

Author : Tonya N. Stebbins
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics College of Asia and Pacific the Australian National University
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Book Synopsis Mali (Baining) Grammar by : Tonya N. Stebbins

Download or read book Mali (Baining) Grammar written by Tonya N. Stebbins and published by Pacific Linguistics College of Asia and Pacific the Australian National University. This book was released on 2011 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mali (2,200 speakers) is a Papuan language spoken on the Gazelle Peninsula, East New Britain Province Papua New Guinea. It is a member of the Baining language family. The family is comprised of five languages: Kaket, Mali, Simbali, Ura and Kairak. Baining people share a common non-Austronesian ancestral language and similar cultural practices (such as fire dances). An interesting feature of these languages is that they show a great deal of influence from their early Austronesian neighbors. As detailed in the grammar, Mali has characteristics of both the Western Oceanic branch of Austronesian and Trans New Guinea. This is the first comprehensive grammar for a language from the family and provides a framework for further comparative and descriptive research in the region. The grammar was produced in cooperation with members of the Mali (Baining) community and is being published alongside a dictionary and text collection (also available from Pacific Linguistics).

The Papuan Languages of New Guinea

Author : William A. Foley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521286213
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis The Papuan Languages of New Guinea by : William A. Foley

Download or read book The Papuan Languages of New Guinea written by William A. Foley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-11-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introduction to the descriptive and historical linguistics of the Papuan languages of New Guinea provide an accessible account of one of the richest and most diverse linguistic situations in the world. The Papuan languages number over 700 (or 20 per cent of the world's total) in more than sixty language families. Less than a quarter of the individual languages have yet been adequately documented, and in this sense William Foley's book might be considered premature. However, in the search for language universals and generalisations in linguistic typology, it would be foolhardy to neglect the information that is available. In this respect alone, the present volume, systematically organised on mainly typology principles, is particularly timely and useful. In addition, the processes of linguistic diffusion are present in New Guinea to an extent probably paralleled elsewhere on the globe. The Papuan Languages of New Guinea will be of interest not only to general and comparative linguists and to typologists, but also to sociolinguists and anthropologists for the information it provides on the social dynamics of language content.

The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Author : Alexandra Aikhenvald
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019161534X
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book The Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea written by Alexandra Aikhenvald and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea and is based entirely on the author's immersion fieldwork. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. Manambu can be considered an endangered language. The Manambu language has many unusual properties. Every noun is considered masculine or feminine. Feminine gender - which is unmarked - is associated with small size and round shape, and masculine gender with elongated shape, large size, and importance. The Manambu culture is centered on ownership of personal names, and is similar to that of the Iatmul, described by Gregory Bateson. After an introductory account of the language and its speakers, Professor Aikhenvald devotes chapters to phonology, grammatical relations, word classes, gender, semantics, number, case, possession, derivation and compounding, pronouns, morphohology, verbs, mood and modality, negation, clause structure, pragmatics, discourse, semantics, the lexicon, current directions of change, and genetic relationship to other languages. The description is presented in a clear style in a framework that will be comprehensible to all linguists and linguistically oriented anthropologists.

A Grammar of Paluai

Author : Dineke Schokkin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311067517X
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A Grammar of Paluai written by Dineke Schokkin and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive description of Paluai, an Oceanic Austronesian language spoken on Baluan Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. Based on extensive field research, the grammar covers all linguistic levels, including phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics, while paying particular attention to pragmatics and discourse practices. This is the first comprehensive description of Paluai, a language from the underdescribed Admiralties subgroup, a first-order branch of Oceanic (Austronesian). Paluai is spoken on Baluan Island in Manus Province, Papua New Guinea, by two to three thousand people. The grammar is based on extensive field research by the author and covers all linguistic levels. After a general introduction of its socio-cultural context, the language's phonology is discussed, followed by two chapters on its parts of speech, divided by open and closed word classes. Following chapters address topics such as the structure of the noun phrase, verbal and non-verbal clauses, grammatical relations, serial verb constructions, mood, negation and clause combining. The final chapter provides an in-depth discussion of pragmatics and discourse practices relevant to Paluai, illustrated through two narrative texts that are included integrally at the end of the book. This grammar is of interest to scholars working on Austronesian languages, particularly those of the New Guinea region, and those working on linguistic typology. It is also relevant to those interested in the history, languages and cultures of this region more generally.

A grammar of Motuna

Author : Masayuki Onishi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783862882076
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (82 download)

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Otto Dempwolff's Grammar of the Jabem Language in New Guinea

Author : Otto Dempwolff
Publisher : Latitude 20
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Otto Dempwolff's Grammar of the Jabem Language in New Guinea written by Otto Dempwolff and published by Latitude 20. This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Otto Dempwolff is far better known for his historical and comparative work than for his descriptive and theoretical contributions to linguistics. However, the work to which he devoted his last efforts before he died in 1938 was a grammatical description of Jabêm, an Austronesian language adopted and spread as a church and school lingua franca by the German Lutheran mission in what is now Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Although Jabêm is one of the best-documented languages in Melanesia (at least in Jabêm and German), the only materials available in English have been Streicher’s (1982) Jabêm-English Dictionary, a brief grammar sketch in Tryon’s (1995) Comparative Austronesian Dictionary, and sporadic articles on Jabêm tonogenesis and verb serialization. This translation of Otto Dempwolff’s grammar now adds a comprehensive overview and data-rich synthesis of Jabêm grammar. Because he wrote his grammar at the request of the Lutheran missionaries, Dempwolff took care to make his description understandable to an audience of educated lay people as well as to linguists by explaining his terminology and reasoning as he introduced new topics. This task was made all the more necessary because he considered Jabêm to be the most difficult Melanesian language he had ever encountered, one for which European grammatical models proved entirely inadequate. The result is a highly original, yet surprisingly accessible grammatical description by one of the founders of Austronesian comparative linguistics.