An Introduction to Tuvaluan
Author : Geoffrey W. Jackson
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Tuvaluan language
ISBN : 9789829027023
Author : Geoffrey W. Jackson
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Tuvaluan language
ISBN : 9789829027023
Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 32,2 MB
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134974728
Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.
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Publisher : Soffer Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
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ISBN : 5363397307
Author : Gerd Koch
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Music
ISBN : 9789820203143
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Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Tuvalu
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Author : Philip Ells
Publisher : Random House
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0753547856
How does a young City lawyer end up as the People's Lawyer of the fourth-smallest country in the world, 18,000 kilometres from home? We've all thought about getting off the treadmill, turning life on its head and doing something worthwhile. Philip Ells dreamed of turquoise seas, sandy beaches and palm trees, and he found these in the tiny Pacific island state of Tuvalu. But neither his Voluntary Service Overseas briefing pack nor his legal training could prepare him for what happened there. He learned to deal with rapes, murders, incest, the unforgivable crime of pig theft and to look a shark in the eye. But he never dared ask the octogenarian Tuvaluan chief why he sat immobilised by a massive rock permanently resting on his groin.Well, you wouldn't, would you? This is the story of a UK lawyer colliding with a Pacific island culture. The fallout is moving, dramatic, bewildering and often hilarious.
Author : B. Turner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1597 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1349596434
Now in its 150th edition, The Statesman's Yearbook continues to be the reference work of choice for accurate and reliable information on every country in the world. Covering political, economic, social and cultural aspects, the Yearbook is also available online for subscribing institutions: www.statesmansyearbook.com.
Author : Jennifer Corrin
Publisher : Routledge-Cavendish
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 1135390762
Providing an overview of the origins and development of the law and legal systems in the South Pacific, the authors examine the framework of legal systems in the region and the operation of state and customary laws. Exploring, not only the legal system generally, but also the constitution and jurisdiction of state courts and legislative provisions of individual jurisdictions and cases, it contains individual chapters on substantive areas of law. They cover: administrative law constitutional law contract law criminal law customary law family law land law tort law. Highlighting the distinguishing features of the substantive law in force in the South Pacific, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in the law of the South Pacific Islands region.
Author : Terry Crowley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 24,75 MB
Release : 2010-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199710996
All languages change, just as other aspects of human society are constantly changing. This book is an introduction to the concepts and techniques of diachronic linguistics, the study of language change over time. It covers all themajor areas of historical linguistics, presenting concepts in a clear and concise way. Examples are given from a wide range of languages, with special emphasis on the languages of Australia and the Pacific. While the needs of undergraduate students of linguistics have been kept firmly in mind, the book will also be of interest to the general reader seeking to understand langauge and language change. For this fourth edition, a number of new sections have been written, including many new problems and several datasets. Existing materials have been supplemented with new sections on grammaticalization, tonogenesis, morphological change, and using statistical methods in language classification.
Author : Paul Kroeger
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 49,3 MB
Release : 2022-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3961103909
This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. The chapters are organized into six units: (1) Foundational concepts; (2) Word meanings; (3) Implicature (including indirect speech acts); (4) Compositional semantics; (5) Modals, conditionals, and causation; (6) Tense & aspect. Most of the chapters include exercises which can be used for class discussion and/or homework assignments, and each chapter contains references for additional reading on the topics covered. As the title indicates, this book is truly an introduction: it provides a solid foundation which will prepare students to take more advanced and specialized courses in semantics and/or pragmatics. It is also intended as a reference for fieldworkers doing primary research on under-documented languages, to help them write grammatical descriptions that deal carefully and clearly with semantic issues. The approach adopted here is largely descriptive and non-formal (or, in some places, semi-formal), although some basic logical notation is introduced. The book is written at level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.