Pacific languages : an introduction / John Lynch.
Material type: TextPublisher: Honolulu, Hawai'i : University of Hawai'i Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xix, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0824818989
- 9780824818982
- 499
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 499 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A156938B |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-343) and index.
Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Terms Used -- Ch. 1. Linguistics: Some Basic Concepts -- Ch. 2. The Languages of the Pacific -- Ch. 3. The History of the Austronesian Languages -- Ch. 4. The History of the Papuan and Australian Languages -- Ch. 5. Sound Systems -- Ch. 6. Oceanic Languages: Grammatical Overview -- Ch. 7. Papuan Languages: Grammatical Overview -- Ch. 8. Australian Languages: Grammatical Overview -- Ch. 9. Languages in Contact -- Ch. 10. Pidgins, Creoles, and Koines -- Ch. 11. Language, Society, and Culture in the Pacific Context -- Conclusion: Ideas about Pacific Language -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- App. 1. Data Sources -- App. 2. Phonetic Symbols -- App. 3. Sample Phoneme Systems -- App. 4. Glossary of Technical Terms -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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