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Record Nr.

UNINA9910836792303321

Autore

Takau Lana Grelyn

Titolo

A Grammar of Nese / / Lana Grelyn Takau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canberra : , : ANU Press, , 2023

©2023

ISBN

1-76046-556-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (350 pages)

Collana

Asia-Pacific Linguistics Series

Disciplina

499/.5

Soggetti

Nese language - Grammar

Nese language

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Word classes -- 4. The noun phrase --.5. The verb complex -- 6. Simple sentences -- 7. Complex sentences

Sommario/riassunto

Nese is a dying Oceanic language spoken on the island of Malekula, in northern Vanuatu. This book, based on first-hand fieldwork data, and without adhering to any particular syntactic framework, presents a synchronic grammatical description of Nese's phonology and syntax.