The Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua /
Vries, Lourens de
The Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua / Lourens de Vries. - 1 online resource (X, 253 p.) - Pacific Linguistics [PL] , 657 1448-8310 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Phonology -- Chapter 3 Morphology -- Chapter 4 Syntax -- Chapter 5 Discourse -- Chapter 6 Language in Greater Awyu society -- Chapter 7 Greater Awyu languages in context -- References -- 9 Appendix: Texts -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative description of the Greater Awyu family of Papuan languages. The book brings together many decades of research on Greater Awyu languages, including 10 years of field work by the author. The book presents a description of major patterns found in languages of the family: phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse. In addition, major aspects of the anthropological linguistics of Greater Awyu languages are described: counting systems, language names, kinship, linguistic ideologies, lexical substitution registers, avoidance and taboo. The linguistic patterns of Greater Awyu languages are systematically placed in the genetic, typological, areal and historical contexts of New Guinea. The long dialect continuums within the family, by reflecting different diachronic stages, offer a window on the origin of switch reference, clause chaining, topic markers, postpositions and double-headed relative clauses. The book is relevant for readers interested in the typological, historical and cultural linguistics of New Guinea but also for anthropologists and historians because the history and cultural practices of Greater Awyu speakers are a key part of the story of this language family.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501515569 9781501506918 9781501506956
10.1515/9781501506956 doi
2020941880
Kombai language--Grammar.
Korowai language--Grammar.
Papuan languages--Grammar.
Awyu.
Indonesien.
Papuasprachen.
Sprachtypologie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Greater Awyu. Linguistic Typology. Papuan Languages. West Papua.
PL6621.A99 / V75 2020
499.12
The Greater Awyu Languages of West Papua / Lourens de Vries. - 1 online resource (X, 253 p.) - Pacific Linguistics [PL] , 657 1448-8310 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Phonology -- Chapter 3 Morphology -- Chapter 4 Syntax -- Chapter 5 Discourse -- Chapter 6 Language in Greater Awyu society -- Chapter 7 Greater Awyu languages in context -- References -- 9 Appendix: Texts -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
This book is a comprehensive and authoritative description of the Greater Awyu family of Papuan languages. The book brings together many decades of research on Greater Awyu languages, including 10 years of field work by the author. The book presents a description of major patterns found in languages of the family: phonology, morphology, syntax and discourse. In addition, major aspects of the anthropological linguistics of Greater Awyu languages are described: counting systems, language names, kinship, linguistic ideologies, lexical substitution registers, avoidance and taboo. The linguistic patterns of Greater Awyu languages are systematically placed in the genetic, typological, areal and historical contexts of New Guinea. The long dialect continuums within the family, by reflecting different diachronic stages, offer a window on the origin of switch reference, clause chaining, topic markers, postpositions and double-headed relative clauses. The book is relevant for readers interested in the typological, historical and cultural linguistics of New Guinea but also for anthropologists and historians because the history and cultural practices of Greater Awyu speakers are a key part of the story of this language family.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501515569 9781501506918 9781501506956
10.1515/9781501506956 doi
2020941880
Kombai language--Grammar.
Korowai language--Grammar.
Papuan languages--Grammar.
Awyu.
Indonesien.
Papuasprachen.
Sprachtypologie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Greater Awyu. Linguistic Typology. Papuan Languages. West Papua.
PL6621.A99 / V75 2020
499.12