Author: Stephen Rabone
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tonga language (Tonga Islands)
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Author: Eric B. Shumway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780870227578
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 723

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Author: Shirley Waldemar Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Gerard Aflague
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781542547444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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This is a 50+ colorful, vivid, cultural picture book that highlights 200 images described in Samoan and English. It's a wonderful picture book that shares and educates the culture of Samoa through language.

Author: Martin Daly
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824865235
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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Praise for the first edition: "Tonga is unique among bibliographies in its perception and understanding, and in its affection for Tonga and its people. . . . Daly’s work stands on exceptionally sound foundations. . . . His summaries are excellent, indeed, but Daly writes always with the authority of first-hand knowledge, with a keen eye for the essential, and the ability to interpret and clarify obscurities. . . . A trustworthy introduction to Tonga in all its diversity, a splendid point de départ for all, layman or scholar, needing a reliable guide to the essential literature about this remarkable Polynesian kingdom." —Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "The book is so arranged that it is easy to locate any of the items listed. . . . I found myself spending pleasant hours perusing Daly’s comments on the different publications.. . . I hope the rumor of a second, revised edition of this bibliography is true." —Journal of the Polynesian Society Tonga is a fascinating and subtle combination of a traditional Polynesian kingdom—the only one to survive the impact of colonization in the nineteenth century and remain independent—and a thoroughly Christian country. This comprehensive bibliography is a selective guide to the most significant and accessible English-language books, papers, and articles on every aspect of the kingdom’s history, culture, arts, politics, environment, and economy. It is a much updated and expanded edition of the original version that was published in 1999 as part of the World Bibliographical Series, with the addition of more than 200 new entries. Each of the approximately 600 described and annotated items is organized under broad subject headings, and indexed by author, title, and subject. In addition—and new to this edition—all known Ph.D. theses, although not annotated, are shown within their appropriate subject categories and indexed. Also new is a section on the most important Tonga-related websites. A general introduction describes the Tongan kingdom, its history and society, and its current situation. Tonga: A New Bibliography will be an invaluable resource for anyone with a serious interest in Tonga and an indispensable volume for academic libraries, reference collections, and policy makers focused on the Pacific islands.

Author: Claude Tchekhoff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Author: Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110884011
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 3564

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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.

Author: Clerk Maxwell Churchward
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : to
Pages : 330

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Author: Svenja Völkel
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027202834
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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This interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition based on the aspects of social structure, space and possession in Tonga, Polynesia. Grounded on extensive field research, Volkel explores the subject from an anthropological as well as from a linguistic perspective. The book provides new insights into the language of respect, an honorific system which is deeply anchored in the societal hierarchy, spatial descriptions that are determined by socio-cultural and geocentric parameters, kinship terminology and possessive categories that perfectly express the system of social status inequalities among relatives. These examples impressively show that language is deeply anchored in its cultural context. Moreover, the linguistic structures reflect the underlying cognitive frame of its speakers. Just as several cultural practices (sitting order, access to land and gift exchange processes) the linguistic means are not only expressions of stratified social networks but also tools to maintain or negotiate the underlying socio-cultural system."

Author:
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 9783110124217
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1058

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