Oceanic Languages

Informationen zum Autor Terry Crowley, John Lynch, Malcolm Ross Klappentext The Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the world's largest language families, Austronesian. There are between 1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages. This division is clear and the grammar sketches in this volume provide a cross-section through the structural diversity of the Oceanic languages which is not available elsewhere. Much of the material is drawn from data collected by the authors and has not been previously published.The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. In addition, the volume presents forty-three grammar sketches, selected from the five hundred Oceanic languages spread across a region embracing eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia. Zusammenfassung This work provides a detailed, reliable source of data on the Oceanic languages, arranged according to the natural system of classification: phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics, dialectology, and sociolinguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations List of illustrations 1. The Oceanic languages 2. Sociolinguistic background 3. Typological overview 4. Proto Oceanic 5. Internal subgrouping The grammar sketches Listing of Oceanic languages, by subgroup References Index to Chapters 1-5

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Preface Abbreviations List of illustrations 1. The Oceanic languages 2. Sociolinguistic background 3. Typological overview 4. Proto Oceanic 5. Internal subgrouping The grammar sketches Listing of Oceanic languages, by subgroup References Index to Chapters 1-5

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• Authors: Terry Crowley, Terry Lynch Crowley, Crowley Terry, John Lynch, John Ross Lynch, Lynch John, Malcolm Ross
• Assisted by: Terry Crowley (Editor), Crowley Terry (Editor), John Lynch (Editor), Lynch John (Editor), Malcolm Ross (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.07.2017
• EAN: 9780415681551
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68155-1
• No. of pages: 944
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 51 mm
• Series: Routledge Language Family Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Asia, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Oceanic & Australian Languages, Regional Studies, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Regional / International studies, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT)