The Papuan languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar . Volume 1 Sketch grammars / / edited by Antoinette Schapper

• Pubblicazione: Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (518 p.)
• Disciplina: 499.12
• Soggetto topico: Papuan languages - Southeast Asia - Grammar
• Soggetto non controllato: East-Timor; Indonesia; Language Description; Papuan Languages; Typology
• Persona (resp. second.): SchapperAntoinette
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction to The Papuan languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Volume I / Schapper, Antoinette -- 2. Western Pantar / Holton, Gary -- 3. Kaera / Klamer, Marian -- 4. Blagar / Steinhauer, Hein -- 5. Adang / Robinson, Laura C. / Haan, John W. -- 6. Kamang / Schapper, Antoinette -- 7. Sawila / Kratochvíl, František -- 8. Wersing / Schapper, Antoinette / Hendery, Rachel -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides descriptive sketches of the Papuan languages scattered over the islands of Timor, Alor, and Pantar at the western perimeter of Melanesia. Timor-Alor-Pantar languages are a group of related ""Papuan outliers,"" which until recently were largely undocumented. This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the unique and diverse grammars of the Timor-Alor-Pantar languages.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Papuan languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar
• ISBN: 1-5015-0115-1; 1-61451-524-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809654003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pacific linguistics ; ; volume 644.