A Grammar of Yélî Dnye The Papuan Language of Rossel Island
This is a comprehensive description of a language spoken offshore from Papua New Guinea, remarkable for its phonological, morphological and syntactic complexity. As the sole surviving member of its language family, it provides unique evidence for the kind of languages spoken in this part of the worl...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2022
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| Series: | Pacific Linguistics [PL]
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | This is a comprehensive description of a language spoken offshore from Papua New Guinea, remarkable for its phonological, morphological and syntactic complexity. As the sole surviving member of its language family, it provides unique evidence for the kind of languages spoken in this part of the world before the Austronesian expansion. The grammar provides detailed information on phoneme inventory, morphology, syntax and select semantic fields. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (587 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783110733853 9783110738476 9783110733907 |
| Access: | Open Access |