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Pacific languages : an introduction / John Lynch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Honolulu, Hawai'i : University of Hawai'i Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xix, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0824818989
  • 9780824818982
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 499
Contents:
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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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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