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Record Nr.

UNINA9910513583403321

Autore

Fischer Hans

Titolo

Wampar-English Dictionary : With an English-Wampar Finder List

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra, : ANU Press, 2021

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

9781760464790

1760464791

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 pages)

Collana

Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Altri autori (Persone)

BeerBettina

Disciplina

499.5

Soggetti

Dictionaries

Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries

Usage & grammar guides

Language: history & general works

linguistics

Historical & comparative linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Key to abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 History of ethnographic research among the Wampar -- 2 Heterogeneity and variability of Dzob Wampar -- 2.1 Differences between villages -- 2.2 Loanwords and multilingualism -- 2.3 Generational differences -- 3 Names, plants and animals -- 4. Notes on the sound system and orthography -- 5 Grammar sketch -- 5.1 Word order -- 5.2 Nouns -- 5.3 Verbs -- 5.4 Pronouns -- 5.5 Possessive pronouns and intensifying possessive pronouns -- 5.6 Reflexive pronouns -- 5.7 Particles -- 5.8 Prefixes and suffixes to verbs -- 5.9 Adjectives and adverbs -- 5.10 Demonstratives (dem. pron.) -- 5.11 Interrogatives (interrog.) -- 5.12 Numerals -- 5.13 Interjections -- 5.14 Reduplication and negation -- 6 Bibliography -- Wampar-English Dictionary -- English-Wampar Finder List.

Sommario/riassunto

This ethnographic dictionary is the result of Hans Fischer's long-term fieldwork among the Wampar, who occupy the middle Markham Valley



in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Their language, Dzob Wampar, belongs to the Markham family of the Austronesian languages.