TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arka,Wayan
AU  - Carroll,Matthew
AU  - Choi,Yun Jung
AU  - Dunn,Michael
AU  - Döhler,Christian
AU  - Evans,Bethwyn
AU  - Evans,Nicholas
AU  - Foley,William A.
AU  - Gast,Volker
AU  - Hammarström,Harald
AU  - Holton,Gary
AU  - Kashima,Eri
AU  - Klamer,Marian
AU  - Mittag,Emil
AU  - Olsson,Bruno
AU  - Palmer,Bill
AU  - Pawley,Andrew
AU  - Quinn,Kyla
AU  - Reesink,Ger
AU  - Schokkin,Dineke
AU  - Siegel,Jeff
AU  - Stebbins,Tonya
AU  - Tama,Philip
AU  - Terrill,Angela
AU  - Tongeren,Charlotte van
TI  - The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide 
T2  - The World of Linguistics [WOL]
SN  - 9783110286427
AV  - PL6601 .L26 2018
U1  - 499 23/eng/20230216
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - Papua New Guinea
KW  - Papuan languages
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Papuan Languages, Linguistic Typology, Language Contact
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; 1. Language families of the New Guinea Area --; 2. The Trans New Guinea family --; 3. The Languages of the Sepik-Ramu Basin and Environs --; 4. The languages of Northwest New Guinea --; 5. The Papuan languages of East Nusantara and the Bird’s Head --; 6. The languages of Southern New Guinea --; 7. The Papuan languages of Island Melanesia --; 8. The morphosyntactic typology of Papuan languages --; 9. Contact phenomena in Austronesian and Papuan languages --; General Index --; Index of Languages and Language Groupings; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110295252
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110295252
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110295252/original
ER  -