TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lynch,John
TI  - Pacific languages: an introduction 
SN  - 0824818989
U1  - 499 
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Honolulu, Hawai'i
PB  - University of Hawai'i Press
KW  - Austronesian languages
KW  - Pacific Area
KW  - Languages
N1  - 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
ER  -