Otto Dempwolff's Grammar Of The Jabem Language In New Guinea Grammar Of The Jabem Language In New Guinea

Informationen zum Autor Joel Bradshaw is the author of several articles on tonogenesis and on verb serialization in Jabem and Numbami. Francisc Czobor, fluent in German and English, is senior research scientist at the Cantacuzino Institute in Bucharest, Romania. Klappentext Although Jabem is one of the best-documented languages in Melanesia (at least in Jabem and German), the only materials available in English have been Streicher's (1982) Jabem-English Dictionary, a brief grammar sketch in Tryon's (1995) Comparative Austronesian Dictionary, and sporadic articles on Jabem tonogenesis and verb serialization. This translation of Otto Dempwolff's grammar now adds a comprehensive overview and data-rich synthesis of Jabem grammar. Zusammenfassung Although Jabem is one of the best-documented languages in Melanesia (at least in Jabem and German)! there is little material available in English. This translation of Otto Dempwolff's grammar now adds a comprehensive overview and data-rich synthesis of Jabem grammar.

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• Authors: Otto Dempwolff, Otto/ Bradshaw Dempwolff
• Assisted by: Joel Bradshaw (Editor), Francisc Czobor (Editor), Francis Czobor (Editor), Joel Bradshaw (Translation), Francisc Czobor (Translation), Francis Czobor (Translation)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.02.2005
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9780824829322
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-2932-2
• Pages: 116
• Dimensions (packing): 15.2 x 22.2 x 1.3 cm
• Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Pu > 32; Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication; Oceanic Linguistics Special Publication; Oceanic Linguistics Special Pu
• Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books, LANGUAGE STUDY / Miscellaneous, LANGUAGE STUDY / Oceanic & Australian Languages, LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages (see alsoVietnamese)