Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language and languages
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Language and Linguistics in Melanesia
Author: Language Maintenance in Melanesia
Author: Stephen J. SchoolingPublisher:
ISBN: 9780883120057
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Melanesian Languages
Author: Robert Henry CodringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Culture Change, Language Change
Author: Thomas Edward DuttonPublisher: Department of Linguistics Research School of Pacific
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages
Author: Sidney Herbert RayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Language
Author: Sidney Herbert RayPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia
Author: Arthur CapellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Papers in Linguistics of Melanesia
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Melanesian Languages
Author: Robert CodringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melanesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Pacific Languages
Author: John LynchPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824842588
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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.