Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher :
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 44,91 MB
Release : 1981
Category : English language
ISBN :
"This work was initiated at the beginning of 1980 to answer the needs for reference language materials for use by the Peace Corps volunteers stationed in Tuvalu"--Preface.
Author : Geoffrey W. Jackson
Publisher : [email protected]
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Tuvaluan language
ISBN : 9789829027023
Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 42,52 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.
Author : Geoffrey W. Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 25,63 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Author : Cometan
Publisher : Astral Publishing
Page : 1901 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2019-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN :
The Grand Lexicon of Astronology is the principal post-disquisitional segment of the Omnidoxy within the Appendix of the Omnidoxy as part of the Original Omnidoxical Series solely authored and organised by Cometan and published by the Astronist Institution. The Grand Lexicon makes up the largest portion of the Appendix of the Omnidoxy at over 300,000 words and is considered the first dictionary of not only Astronism itself, but the entire Astronic tradition and culture, as studied by the astronology discipline. The Grand Lexicon includes terms across the entire Astronic tradition regarding both Millettarian and Astronist philosophies and cultures. Its authority is further solidified through its categorised as part of the Omnidoxy and demonstrates its importance to the founding of Astronism and acts as a great expander of the elements surrounding the religion. Although there will be many more dictionaries concerning Astronism and astronology with greater comprehensiveness of the entirety of these vast subjects, The Grand Lexicon of Astronology will remain the progenitor for all of these.
Author : Niko Besnier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 1995-08-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521485395
Literacy continues to be a central issue in anthropology, but methods of perceiving and examining it have changed in recent years. In this 1995 study Niko Besnier analyses the transformation of Nukulaelae from a non-literate into a literate society using a contemporary perspective which emphasizes literacy as a social practice embedded in a socio-cultural context. He shows how a small and isolated Polynesian community, with no access to print technology, can become deeply steeped in literacy in little more than a century, and how literacy can take on radically divergent forms depending on the social and cultural needs and characteristics of the society in which it develops. His case study, which has implications for understanding literacy in other societies, illuminates the relationship between norm and practice, between structure and agency, and between group and individual.
Author : Tom Dutton
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 34,28 MB
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110883090
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Author : John Lynch
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 30,50 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0700711287
The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. Part of 2 vol set. Author Ross from ANU.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
