Author: Daniel Carleton GajdusekPublisher:
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Category : Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Journal of Further Explorations in the Kuru Region and in the Kukukuku Country, Eastern Highlands of Eastern New Guinea and of a Return to West New Guinea
Author: Daniel Carleton GajdusekPublisher:
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Category : Irian Jaya (Indonesia)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Journal 1963 - 1964
Author: Daniel Carleton GajdusekPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area
Author: Bill PalmerPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110295253
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates. Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of the families and major languages of each area within the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and understanding this least known linguistic region.
The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea
Author: Susanne HolzknechtPublisher:
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Category : Austronesian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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The Third Chimpanzee
Author: Jared M. DiamondPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060845503
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Development of an Extraordinary Species We human beings share 98 percent of our genes with chimpanzees. Yet humans are the dominant species on the planet -- having founded civilizations and religions, developed intricate and diverse forms of communication, learned science, built cities, and created breathtaking works of art -- while chimps remain animals concerned primarily with the basic necessities of survival. What is it about that two percent difference in DNA that has created such a divergence between evolutionary cousins? In this fascinating, provocative, passionate, funny, endlessly entertaining work, renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning author and scientist Jared Diamond explores how the extraordinary human animal, in a remarkably short time, developed the capacity to rule the world . . . and the means to irrevocably destroy it.
The Sama/Bajau Language in the Lesser Sunda Islands
Author: J. A. J. VerheijenPublisher:
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Category : Bajau language
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language
Author: John RebmanPublisher:
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Category : Nyanja language
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Dravidian Origins and the West
Author: Nicolas LahovaryPublisher:
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Category : Dravidian languages
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Art in North-east New Guinea
Author: Tibor BodrogiPublisher:
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Category : Art, Melanesian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Grammar and Dictionary of the Malay Language, with a Preliminary Dissertation
Author: John CrawfurdPublisher: London : [s.n.]
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Category : English language
Languages : id
Pages : 426
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