A01=John Lynch
A01=Malcolm Ross
A01=Terry Crowley
Austronesian linguistics
Author_John Lynch
Author_Malcolm Ross
Author_Terry Crowley
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Category=CJ
Category=GTM
Central Vanuatu
classifier
comparative linguistics
Dialect Network
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grammatical typology
gulf
Hiri Motu
huon
Huon Gulf
language reconstruction
Lingua Franca
Ma Ri
Melanesian Pidgin
Micronesian Languages
Modern Languages
morphosyntactic analysis
Ne Si
noun
Noun Phrase
Object Enclitic
Oceanic language grammar studies
Oceanic Languages
Papuan Languages
phrase
Polynesian Languages
Polynesian Outliers
possessive
Possessive Classifier
possessor
Possessor Suffix
Proto Oceanic
Ro Ne
santa
Santa Ysabel
Serial Verb Constructions
sociolinguistic variation
Solomon Islands
suffix
Transitive Suffix
Western Melanesia
ysabel
Product details
- ISBN 9780700711284
- Weight: 1519g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Dec 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This new volume of the Language Family Series presents an overview of the Oceanic subgroup of the Austronesian languages, spread across a region embracing eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. It provides sufficient phonological and grammatical data to give typologists and comparativists a good idea of the nature of these languages, and of how much typological variety there is in this single subgroup. The references will allow those interested in particular topics, geographical areas or specific languages to delve further. Divided into two major parts, the first five chapters of the book place the Oceanic languages in their geographic, demographic and social context. Both the place of the Oceanic subgroup within the wider Austronesian family, and the internal subgrouping of Oceanic itself are dealt with. A typological overview of Oceanic languages is provided, as well as an outline of the reconstructed phonology and morphosyntax of Proto Oceanic. The second part of the book consists of grammar sketches of 43 Oceanic languages that are not at all well known in the linguistic literature. For many of these languages, the sketch in this volume is the first grammatical treatment to appear in print.
Terry Crowley, John Lynch, Malcolm Ross
