Chapter 2 The Trans New Guinea family

• Main Author: Pawley, Andrew (auth)
• Other Authors: Hammarström, Harald (auth), Palmer, Bill (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2017
• Subjects: Language; linguistics; Regional studies; Papuan Languages; Linguistic Typology; Language Contact
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The island of New Guinea is a region of spectacular, deep linguistic diversity.1It contains roughly 850 languages, which on present evidence fall into at least 18 language families that are not demonstrably related, along with several iso-lates.2 This immense diversity, far greater than that found i...