A grammar of Papuan Malay

A grammar of Papuan Malay

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This book presents an in-depth linguistic description of Papuan Malay, a non-standard variety of Malay. The language is spoken in coastal West Papua which covers the western part of the island of New Guinea. The study is based on sixteen hours of recordings of spontaneous narratives and conversation...

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Main Author: Kluge, Angela (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Language Science Press [2017]
Series:Open textbook library.
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Language and languages > Textbooks
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Phonology
  • Chapter 3: Word-formation
  • Chapter 4: Reduplication
  • Chapter 5: Word classes
  • Chapter 6: Personal pronouns
  • Chapter 7: Demonstratives and locatives
  • Chapter 8: Noun phrases
  • Chapter 9: Adnominal possessive relations
  • Chapter 10: Prepositions and the prepositional phrase
  • Chapter 11: Verbal clauses
  • Chapter 12: Nonverbal clauses
  • Chapter 13: Negative, interrogative, and directive clauses
  • Chapter 14: Conjunctions and constituent combining
  • Appendix A: Word lists
  • Appendix B: Texts
  • Appendix C: Overview of recorded corpus
  • Appendix D: OLAC resources for the languages of the Sarmi regency
  • Appendix E: Population totals for West Papua
  • Appendix F: Affixation

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