Language description, history and development [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades
| Language description, history and development [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 512 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CrowleyTerry
SiegelJeff LynchJohn (John Dominic) EadesDiana <1953-> |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Philology |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15506-7
9786612155062 90-272-9294-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454649303321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language description, history and development [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades
| Language description, history and development [[electronic resource] ] : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 512 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CrowleyTerry
SiegelJeff LynchJohn (John Dominic) EadesDiana <1953-> |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Philology |
| ISBN |
1-282-15506-7
9786612155062 90-272-9294-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782048403321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Language description, history and development : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades
| Language description, history and development : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley / / edited by Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xiv, 512 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
CrowleyTerry
SiegelJeff LynchJohn (John Dominic) EadesDiana <1953-> |
| Collana | Creole language library |
| Soggetto topico |
Linguistics
Philology |
| ISBN |
9786612155062
9781282155060 1282155067 9789027292940 9027292949 |
| Classificazione | ER 200 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Language Description, History and Development -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Terry Crowley 1953-2005 -- Introduction -- "Try look that yellow book": The legacy of Terry Crowley's work in Cape York Peninsula -- I. Language description and linguistic typology -- 1. Describing languages and ethnographic fieldwork -- 2. A desiderative complement construction in Warrwa -- 3. Noun incorporation in Rembarrnga discourse -- 4. A revised view of the verbal suffixes of Yugambeh-Bundjalung -- 5. Close and remote objects in a language with a single transitive suffix -- 6. Possessive classifier bila- in Raga reflects value in people -- 7. On the subject of subjects in Māori -- 8. Pointing at the lagoon: Directional terms inOceanic atoll-based languages -- 9. Does Hawaiian have diphthongs? And how can you tell? -- 10. Accent patterns for English loanwords in Samoan: A window on prosody -- 11. Syntactic properties of the definitive accent in Tongan -- 12. Tok Pisin ia-bracketing: Neither substrate nor syntax -- 13. On Papiamentu ku -- 14. "… and the blue bird /flju/ away": Yod insertion in Fiji English -- 15. Modal wars: Some ascendant semi-modals in Australian English -- 16. Complex predication and the coverb construction -- 17. Verb serialisation and incipient grammaticalisation in Abma -- 18. The demise of serial verbs in South Efate -- II. Language history and historical linguistics -- 19. Nganyaywana revisited: Lessons from Terry Crowley's work on New England languages -- 20. Divergent regularity in word-initial truncation in the Arandic languages -- 21. Two kinds of locative construction in Oceanic languages: A robust distinction -- 22. The prenasalised trills of Manus -- 23. Noun articles in Torres and Banks languages: Conservation and innovation.
24. The reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *na in Unua -- 25. Proto who utilised turmeric, and how? -- 26. On the lexicon of Early Melanesian Pidgin -- III. Language developmentandlinguistic applications -- 27. Structure, style and content in dictionary entries for an Oceanic language -- 28. The Fijian dictionary experience -- 29. Lexicography for your friends -- 30. Language-in-education in New Zealand: Policies and practices -- 31. Language-in-education policy in the context of languagedeath: Conflicts in policy and practice in Colombia -- 32. The Crowley corrective: An alternative voice for language endangerment -- 33. Language sizes in Melanesia -- 34. Funeral liturgy as a strategy for language revival -- References -- Index -- The series Creole Language Library. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910960705503321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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