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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Main Author: Levinson, Stephen C. (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2022
Series:Pacific Linguistics [PL] 666
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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.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (587 p.)
ISBN:9783110733853
9783110738476
9783110733907
Access:Open Access