Pacific Languages : An Introduction /

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 availa...

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第一著者: Lynch, John (John Dominic)
フォーマット: 電子媒体 eBook
言語:英語
出版事項: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, [1998]
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目次:
  • Linguistics: some basic concepts
  • The languages of the Pacific
  • The history of the Austronesian languages
  • The history of the Papuan and Australian languages
  • Sound systems
  • Oceanic languages: grammatical overview
  • Papuan languages: grammatical overview
  • Australian languages: grammatical overview
  • Languages in contact
  • Pidgins, creoles, and Koines
  • Language, society, and culture in the Pacific context-- Conclusion. Ideas about Pacific language.