A Study Of Valency Changing Devices In Proto Oceanic
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A Study Of Valency Changing Devices In Proto Oceanic
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Author : Bethwyn Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
A Study Of Valency Changing Devices In Proto Oceanic written by Bethwyn Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Oceanic languages categories.
A Study Of Valency Changing Devices In Proto Oceanic
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Author : Bethwyn Evans
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
A Study Of Valency Changing Devices In Proto Oceanic written by Bethwyn Evans and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Oceanic languages categories.
The Lexicon Of Proto Oceanic
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Author : Malcolm Ross
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2007-03-01
The Lexicon Of Proto Oceanic written by Malcolm Ross and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each volume deals with a particular domain of culture and/or environment and consists of a collection of essays each of which presents and comments on lexical reconstructions of a particular semantic field within that domain. Volume 2 examines how Proto Oceanic speakers described their geophysical environment. An introductory chapter discusses linguistic and archaeological evidence that locates the Proto Oceanic language community in the Bismarck Archipelago in the late 2nd millennium BC. The next three chapters investigate terms used to denote inland, coastal, reef and open sea environments, and meteorological phenomena. A further chapter examines the lexicon for features of the heavens and navigational techniques associated with the stars. How Proto Oceanic speakers talked about their environment is also described in three further chapters which treat property terms for describing inanimate objects, locational and directional terms, and terms related to the expression of time.
Studies In Ditransitive Constructions
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Author : Andrej Malchukov
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010-12-23
Studies In Ditransitive Constructions written by Andrej Malchukov and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-23 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This rich volume deals comprehensively with cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of ditransitive constructions: constructions formed with verbs (like give) that take Agent, Theme and Recipient arguments. For the first time, a broadly cross-linguistic perspective is adopted. The present volume, consisting of an overview article and twenty-odd in-depth studies of ditransitive constructions in individual languages from different continents, arose from the conference on ditransitive constructions held at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (Leipzig) in 2007. It opens with the editors' survey article providing an overview of cross-linguistic variation in ditransitive constructions, followed by the questionnaire on ditransitive constructions, compiled by the editors in order to elicit various properties of these patterns. The editors' overview discusses formal properties of ditransitive constructions as well as behavioral (or syntactic) and lexical properties (i.e., the extension of ditransitive constructions across different verb classes). The volume includes 23 contributions describing properties of ditransitive constructions in languages from all over the world, written by leading experts. Care has been taken that the contributions to the volume will be representative of structural, geographic and genealogical diversity in the domain of ditransitive constructions. Thus the present volume provides a unique source of information on typological diversity of ditransitive constructions. It is expected that it will be of central interest to all scholars and advanced students of linguistics, especially to those working in the field of language typology and comparative syntax.
The Lexicon Of Proto Oceanic
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Author : Malcolm Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Lexicon Of Proto Oceanic written by Malcolm Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Agriculture categories.
A Grammar Of Vaeakau Taumako
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Author : Åshild Næss
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011
A Grammar Of Vaeakau Taumako written by Åshild Næss and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako is the most comprehensive grammar of any Polynesian Outlier to date, and the first full-length grammar of any language of Temotu Province. Based on extensive fieldwork, it is structured as a reference grammar dealing with all aspects of language structure, from phonology to discourse organization, and including
Language At Large
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Author : Alexandra Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2011-07-27
Language At Large written by Alexandra Aikhenvald and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-27 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon. It focusses on topics in linguistic typology, the analysis of previously undescribed languages and issues in the grammar and lexicography of English.
A Grammar Of Papapana
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Author : Ellen Smith-Dennis
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2021-01-18
A Grammar Of Papapana written by Ellen Smith-Dennis and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This monograph is not only the first comprehensive grammar of Papapana (a previously undocumented and under-described endangered language) but the first full reference grammar of any Oceanic language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, despite this region displaying considerable linguistic innovation and language contact phenomena with numerous typologically significant features. This book describes Papapana on various levels, including phonology, morphology and syntax in noun phrases and the verb complex, and syntax at the clause- and sentence-level. Throughout the grammar, the described phenomena are related to the current research on typological and Oceanic linguistics. Typologically unusual features of Papapana include multiple reduplication, inverse-number marking in the noun phrase and postverbal subject-indexing. The book also describes the sociolinguistic and historical context within which Papapana is spoken and highlights linguistic changes resulting from language contact. The monograph fills an important gap in terms of grammatical descriptions of Bougainville Oceanic languages, and makes a significant contribution to the field of Oceanic linguistics, and to future comparative linguistic and typological research.
Case Studies From Austronesia The Pacific The Americas And Theoretical Outlook
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Author : Andrej Malchukov
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-09-14
Case Studies From Austronesia The Pacific The Americas And Theoretical Outlook written by Andrej Malchukov and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Earlier empirical studies on valency have looked at the phenomenon either in individual languages or a small range of languages, or have concerned themselves with only small subparts of valency (e.g. transitivity, ditransitive constructions), leaving a lacuna that the present volume aims to fill by considering a wide range of valency phenomena across 30 languages from different parts of the world. The individual-language studies, each written by a specialist or group of specialists on that language and covering both valency patterns and valency alternations, are based on a questionnaire (reproduced in the volume) and an on-line freely accessible database, thus guaranteeing comparability of cross-linguistic results. In addition, introductory chapters provide the background to the project and discuss its main characteristics and selected results, while a series of featured articles by leading scholars who helped shape the field provide an outside perspective on the volume’s approach. The volume is essential reading for anyone interested in valency and argument structure, irrespective of theoretical persuasion, and will serve as a model for future descriptive studies of valency in individual languages.
Austronesian And Theoretical Linguistics
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Author : Raphael Mercado
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2010-12-09
Austronesian And Theoretical Linguistics written by Raphael Mercado and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The Austronesian language family is the largest language family in the world, yet its members are relatively little studied, particularly from a formal perspective. Interestingly, because these languages exhibit typologically unusual properties, they pose important challenges to linguistic theory. Any theory that postulates a grammar that is common to all languages must take into account the particular characteristics of this language family. The contributions to this volume comprise five chapters on phonology and twelve chapters on syntax, all addressing aspects of these Austronesian challenges. The volume presents new data, new analyses of old data, and comparisons of closely related languages, as well as comparisons to languages outside of the language family. Taken together they form a unique picture of Austronesian linguistics. This volume will be of interest to researchers and students in phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and language typology, as well as scholars of Austronesian languages.