A Grammar Of Boumaa Fijian
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A Grammar Of Boumaa Fijian
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Author : R. M. W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1988-10-31
A Grammar Of Boumaa Fijian written by R. M. W. Dixon and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-10-31 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The people who live in the Boumaa region of the Fijian island of Taveuni speak a dialect of Fijian that is mutually intelligible with Standard Fijian, the two differing as much perhaps as do the American and British varieties of English. During 1985, R. M. W. Dixon—one of the most insightful of linguists engaged in descriptive studies today—lived in the village of Waitabu and studied the language spoken there. He found in Boumaa Fijian a wealth of striking features unknown in commonly studied languages and on the basis of his fieldwork prepared this grammar. Fijian is an agglutinating language, one in which words are formed by the profligate combining of morphemes. There are no case inflections, and tense and aspect as shown by independent clitics or words within a predicate complex. Most verbs come in both transitive and intransitive forms, and nouns can be build up regularly from verbal parts and verbs from nouns. The language is also marked by a highly developed pronoun system and by a vocabulary rich in areas of social significance. In the opening chapters, Dixon describes the Islands' political, social, and linguistic organization, outlines the main points of Fijian phonology, and presents an overview of the grammar. In succeeding chapters, he examines a number of grammatical topics in greater detail, including clause and phrase structure, verbal syntax, deictics, and anaphora. The volume also includes a full vocabulary of all forms treated in discussion and three of the fifteen texts recorded from monolingual village elders on which the grammar is based.
The Fijian Language
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Author : Albert J. Schütz
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2019-03-31
The Fijian Language written by Albert J. Schütz and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-31 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This work is directed to those who want to learn more about the Fijian language. It is intended as a reference work, treating in detail such tropics as verb and noun classification, transitivity, the phonological hierarchy, orthography, specification, possession, subordination, and the definite article (among others). In addition, it is an attempt to fit these pieces together into a unified picture of the structure of the language.
Fijian Reference Grammar
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Author : Albert J. Schütz
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2014
Fijian Reference Grammar written by Albert J. Schütz and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Fiji categories.
Fijian Reference Grammar is based on more than fifty years of research. It does not attempt to follow popular linguistic theories, but instead, relies heavily on language in context. The data used include material written and spoken by Fijians, ranging from advice offered by the author's colleagues in the Fijian Dictionary Project to Fijian language newspapers and textbooks. Included also are recordings of loanwords and casual conversations, and -most recently- the text and DVD of a recent Fijian play, Lakovi.
A New Fijian Grammar
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Author : Clerk Maxwell Churchward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1941
A New Fijian Grammar written by Clerk Maxwell Churchward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1941 with Fijian language categories.
English Prepositions
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Author : R. M. W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-26
English Prepositions written by R. M. W. Dixon and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides an integrated account of the main prepositions of English, outlining their various forms and illustrating contrastive senses. The three chapters in Part I delineate grammatical contexts of occurrence and special uses, exploring grammatical roles, phrasal verbs, and prepositional verbs respectively. In Part II, each chapter deals with a set of related prepositions, providing an integrated account of the meanings for each, and explaining how these are linked to their grammatical properties. There are two chapters on relational prepositions - principally of, for, by, and with - which have only minor reference to space or time. These are followed by seven chapters on prepositions whose basic meaning is spatial, with many extensions to abstract senses, and one that ties together the varied ways through which prepositions deal with time. The final chapter outlines how some people have attempted to prescribe how language should be used; it also covers dialect variation, foreign learners' errors, and prospects for the future. The book is written in Dixon's accustomed style - clear and well-organized, with easy-to-understand explanations, and with limited use of technical terms. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of the English language, including instructors of English as a second language.
Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 3
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Author : R. M. W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-05-24
Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 3 written by R. M. W. Dixon and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
R.M.W. Dixon provides a comprehensive guide to the nature of human languages and their description and analysis. The books are a one-stop text for undergraduate and graduate students, the outcome of a lifetime's immersion in every aspect of language.
Fijian And English Practical Dictionary With Hand Book And Grammar
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Author : One Amongst Them
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2022-10-26
Fijian And English Practical Dictionary With Hand Book And Grammar written by One Amongst Them and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-26 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Fijian Grammar
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Author : George Bertram Milner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1956
Fijian Grammar written by George Bertram Milner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1956 with Fijian language categories.
A Fijian And English And An English And Fijian Dictionary
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Author : David Hazlewood
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-15
A Fijian And English And An English And Fijian Dictionary written by David Hazlewood and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-15 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Excerpt from A Fijian and English and an English and Fijian Dictionary: With Examples of Common and Peculiar Modes of Expression and Uses of Words; Also, Containing Brief Hints on Native Customs, Proverbs, the Native Names of Natural Productions, and Notices of the Islands of Fiji, and a Grammar of the Language The above simple rules being attended to, this book will answer all the purposes of a pronouncing dictionary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2
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Author : R. M. W. Dixon
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2009-10-01
Basic Linguistic Theory Volume 2 written by R. M. W. Dixon and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In Basic Linguistic Theory R. M. W. Dixon provides a new and fundamental characterization of the nature of human languages and a comprehensive guide to their description and analysis. In three clearly written and accessible volumes, he describes how best to go about doing linguistics, the most satisfactory and profitable ways to work, and the pitfalls to avoid. In the first volume he addresses the methodology for recording, analysing, and comparing languages. He argues that grammatical structures and rules should be worked out inductively on the basis of evidence, explaining in detail the steps by which an attested grammar and lexicon can built up from observed utterances. He shows how the grammars and words of one language may be compared to others of the same or different families, explains the methods involved in cross-linguistic parametric analyses, and describes how to interpret the results. Volume 2 and volume 3 (to be published in 2011) offer in-depth tours of underlying principles of grammatical organization, as well as many of the facts of grammatical variation. 'The task of the linguist,' Professor Dixon writes, 'is to explain the nature of human languages - each viewed as an integrated system - together with an explanation of why each language is the way it is, allied to the further scientific pursuits of prediction and evaluation.' Basic Linguistic Theory is the triumphant outcome of a lifetime's thinking about every aspect and manifestation of language and immersion in linguistic fieldwork. It is a one-stop text for undergraduate and graduate students of linguistics, as well as for those in neighbouring disciplines, such as psychology and anthropology.