03454nam 2200697 450 991082680590332120230807214353.01-5015-0051-11-61451-659-610.1515/9781614516590(CKB)3710000000392875(EBL)1759953(SSID)ssj0001458870(PQKBManifestationID)11861675(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001458870(PQKBWorkID)11456009(PQKB)11493739(MiAaPQ)EBC1759953(DE-B1597)425723(OCoLC)909907810(DE-B1597)9781614516590(Au-PeEL)EBL1759953(CaPaEBR)ebr11049342(CaONFJC)MIL807598(OCoLC)908080015(EXLCZ)99371000000039287520150217h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA grammar of Unua /by Elizabeth PearceBoston :De Gruyter Mouton,[2015]©20151 online resource (616 p.)Pacific Linguistics ;647Description based upon print version of record.1-61451-660-X 1-61451-765-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Data coding -- Maps -- Photos: Unua people -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Phonology -- Chapter 3. Nouns and pronouns -- Chapter 4. Noun phrases -- Chapter 5. Verbs and verb modification -- Chapter 6. Sentences without verbs -- Chapter 7. Sentence structure -- Chapter 8. Subordinate clauses -- Chapter 9. Coordination -- Chapter 10. Negation -- Chapter 11. Questions -- Chapter 12. Topic and Focus -- Chapter 13. Unua and Bislama -- Appendix I. Vowels in verb paradigms -- Appendix II. Jirvaren: Two stories -- References The book presents a description of Unua, one of two dialects of Unua-Pangkumu, an Oceanic language of Malakula Island, Vanuatu. Unua has about 700 speakers who are bilinguals using Unua in local interactions and using the national language, Bislama, non-locally, as well as in local public and religious settings. The description is based on material collected in the field from speakers of different age-groups in the five Unua villages. The data corpus includes a substantial body of material: contemporary translations of the New Testament gospels; audio-recorded transcribed and glossed texts; and elicited material collected with a range of speakers. The analysis includes comparisons with other Malakula languages and is both of typological and historical-comparative interest. The data documentation is substantial and detailed. Pacific linguistics ;647.Unua languageGrammarEndangered languagesVanuatuMalekulaMalekula (Vanuatu)LanguagesEndangered Languages.Oceanic Languages.Vanuatu, Malakula.Unua languageGrammar.Endangered languages490Pearce Elizabeth1942-1678814MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826805903321A grammar of Unua4046695UNINA