Papers in New Guinea Linguistics
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 1988
Category : New Guinea
ISBN :
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area
Author : Bill Palmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 49,89 MB
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110295253
Book Description
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates. Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of the families and major languages of each area within the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and understanding this least known linguistic region.
Sign Language in Papua New Guinea
Author : Adam Kendon
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 19,59 MB
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027261822
Book Description
This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a sign language from that part of the world. The detailed descriptive analyses that the author provided are still fresh today, and in some respects they anticipate insights into the nature of sign languages that were not further explored until much more recently. The monograph is accompanied by two essays: Sherman Wilcox comments on value and relevance of the author’s work in the light of much more recent work on the linguistics of sign languages. An essay by Lauren Reed and Alan Rumsey provides an up to date survey of what is now known about sign languages in Papua New Guinea. Information about sign languages in the Solomon Island is also included.
New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study
Author : Stephen Adolphe Wurm
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Austronesian languages
ISBN : 9780858831315
Book Description
The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
Author : Tom Güldemann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 747 pages
File Size : 40,83 MB
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107003687
Book Description
Offers a linguistic window into contemporary hunter-gatherer societies, looking at how they survive and interface with agricultural and industrial societies.
The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics
Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1687 pages
File Size : 49,59 MB
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1316839451
Book Description
Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.
The Papuan Languages of New Guinea
Author : William A. Foley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 27,95 MB
Release : 1986-11-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521286213
Book Description
This introduction to the descriptive and historical linguistics of the Papuan languages of New Guinea provide an accessible account of one of the richest and most diverse linguistic situations in the world. The Papuan languages number over 700 (or 20 per cent of the world's total) in more than sixty language families. Less than a quarter of the individual languages have yet been adequately documented, and in this sense William Foley's book might be considered premature. However, in the search for language universals and generalisations in linguistic typology, it would be foolhardy to neglect the information that is available. In this respect alone, the present volume, systematically organised on mainly typology principles, is particularly timely and useful. In addition, the processes of linguistic diffusion are present in New Guinea to an extent probably paralleled elsewhere on the globe. The Papuan Languages of New Guinea will be of interest not only to general and comparative linguists and to typologists, but also to sociolinguists and anthropologists for the information it provides on the social dynamics of language content.
Papers in Australian Linguistics
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Australian languages
ISBN :
Book Description
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area
Author : Bill Palmer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1142 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110567261
Book Description
The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates. Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of the families and major languages of each area within the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and understanding this least known linguistic region.
The Markham Languages of Papua New Guinea
Author : Susanne Holzknecht
Publisher :
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,15 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Austronesian languages
ISBN :
