Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Zusatztext to call it merely a "grammar" does not do justice to the extraordinary accomplishment and intellectual richness represented by this book. In so many ways, Aikhenvald's book qualifies as a model of what linguists with modern sensitivities should be aiming for when setting out to write a grammar of an indigenous language based on fieldwork ... In summary, Aikhenvald's grammar of Manambu is a sheer tour de force, not just on account of the thoroughness of the grammatical description and analysis, but equally on account of the depth of the engagement of the researcher with the speakers and the community as reflected throughout the book. Informationen zum Autor Alexandra Aikhenvald is Professor of Linguistics and Deputy Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. Her books include Structural and Typological Classification of Berber (Moscow 1986-7), Modern Hebrew (Moscow 1990), Classifiers (OUP 2000), Language Contact in Amazonia (OUP 2002), and Evidentiality (OUP 2004). She is co-editor with R. M. W. Dixon of the OUP series Explorations in Linguistic Typology in which four volumes have so far appeared. Klappentext This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. Zusammenfassung This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork.

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• Authors: Alexandra (Professor and Research Lead Aikhenvald, Alexandra (Professor and Research Leader Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Aikhenvald Alexandra
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2008
• EAN: 9780199539819
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953981-9
• No. of pages: 730
• Series: Oxford Linguistics; Oxford Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics