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Rapanui / Veronica Du Feu.

By:

Du Feu, Veronica, 1926-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Descriptive grammarsPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996Description: xv, 217 pages : map ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0415000114
9780415000116

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

499.4 22

LOC classification:

PL6498 .D8 1996

Summary: "Veronica du Feu's Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar is only the third book ever published on Rapanui--it is also the most up-to-date. Rapanui, the language of the Easter Islands, is spoken by fewer than 2000 people and is in danger of extinction. This Descriptive Grammar, based on recordings made in the 1980s and on information provided by the islanders, represents du Feu's determination to record the language before it dies out. All linguistic aspects are covered, including the syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon of the language. Just as importantly, the book has been structured in such a way as to facilitate cross-language comparisons. There are over 800 illustrative sentences, each accompanied by interlinear grammatical analysis and translation, as well as a Rapanui folk tale, in both the original and in English. Finally, as a source of vocabulary, this volume goes beyond any previously available dictionaries."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

"Veronica du Feu's Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar is only the third book ever published on Rapanui--it is also the most up-to-date. Rapanui, the language of the Easter Islands, is spoken by fewer than 2000 people and is in danger of extinction. This Descriptive Grammar, based on recordings made in the 1980s and on information provided by the islanders, represents du Feu's determination to record the language before it dies out. All linguistic aspects are covered, including the syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon of the language. Just as importantly, the book has been structured in such a way as to facilitate cross-language comparisons. There are over 800 illustrative sentences, each accompanied by interlinear grammatical analysis and translation, as well as a Rapanui folk tale, in both the original and in English. Finally, as a source of vocabulary, this volume goes beyond any previously available dictionaries."--Publisher description.

English and Rapanui.

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