The Papuan Languages Of The Island
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The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area
Author: Bill Palmer
language: en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date: 2017-12-04
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 Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Volume 3
Author: Antoinette Schapper
language: en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date: 2020-10-12
These volumes present sketches of the Papuan languages scattered over the islands of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Together they give an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the unique and diverse grammars of the Timor-Alor-Pantar languages, a family of 'Papuan outliers' located at the western perimeter of Melanesia. While largely undescribed until recently, the Timor-Alor-Pantar languages are now among the most intensively studied Papuan families. In this third volume, five new sketches of members of the family are presented, all written by specialist linguists on the basis of original field work.
Demonstratives in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Author: Stephen C. Levinson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2018-07-19
The definitive guide to demonstratives, which play a key role in language acquisition and use.