A grammar of Unua / / by Elizabeth Pearce |
Autore | Pearce Elizabeth <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (616 p.) |
Disciplina | 490 |
Collana | Pacific Linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Unua language - Grammar
Endangered languages - Vanuatu - Malekula |
Soggetto non controllato |
Endangered Languages
Oceanic Languages Vanuatu, Malakula |
ISBN |
1-5015-0051-1
1-61451-659-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797024403321 |
Pearce Elizabeth <1942-> | ||
Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A grammar of Unua / / by Elizabeth Pearce |
Autore | Pearce Elizabeth <1942-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (616 p.) |
Disciplina | 490 |
Collana | Pacific Linguistics |
Soggetto topico |
Unua language - Grammar
Endangered languages - Vanuatu - Malekula |
Soggetto non controllato |
Endangered Languages
Oceanic Languages Vanuatu, Malakula |
ISBN |
1-5015-0051-1
1-61451-659-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826805903321 |
Pearce Elizabeth <1942-> | ||
Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Trobriand islanders' way of speaking [[electronic resource] /] / by Gunter Senft |
Autore | Senft Gunter <1952-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 499/.5 |
Collana | Trends in linguistics. documentation |
Soggetto topico |
Kiriwinian language
Melanesian languages |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Endangered Languages Sociolinguistics Textlinguistics |
ISBN |
1-282-72310-3
9786612723100 3-11-174273-3 3-11-022799-1 |
Classificazione | 490 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Non-diatopical registers or "situational-intentional varieties" and genres in Kilivila -- 3 'Biga bwena', 'biga gaga' and 'matua' - 'Good speech', 'bad speech' and 'insults, curses, swear words' -- 4 'Biga baloma / Biga tommwaya' and 'Wosi milamala' - 'Speech of the spirits of the dead / Old peoples' speech' and 'songs of the harvest festival' -- 5 'Biga megwa' and 'megwa' - 'Magic speech' and 'magical formulae' -- 6 'Biga tapwaroro' and 'tapwaroro' as well as 'wosi tapwaroro' - 'Language of the church' and 'Christian texts' as well as 'church songs' -- 7 'Biga taloi' and 'taloi' - 'Greeting and parting speech' and 'greeting and parting formulae' -- 8 'Biga pe'ula / biga mokwita' and 'yakala', 'kalava', 'kasolukuva', and 'liliu' - 'Heavy speech / true speech' and 'litigations', 'counting baskets full of yams', 'mourning formulae', and 'myths' -- 9 'Biga sopa' and 'sopa', 'kukwanebu (sopa)', 'kukwanebu', 'kasilam', 'wosi', 'butula', 'vinavina', and 'sawila' - 'Joking or lying speech, indirect speech, speech which is not vouched for' and 'jokes', 'jokes in the form of a story', 'tales', 'gossip', 'songs', 'personal mocking songs', 'ditties', and 'harvest shouts' -- 10 'Kena biga sopa kena biga mokwita' - 'Either joking speech or true speech': 'kukwanebu' - 'stories', 'kavala' - 'personal speeches as well as 'luavala' - 'admonishing speeches', and '-nigada-' - 'requesting' -- 11 Concluding remarks: Genres, their functions and their relevance for researching the role of language, culture and cognition in social interaction and an attempt to assess the contribution of this study to the 'ethnography of speaking' paradigm -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785189303321 |
Senft Gunter <1952-> | ||
Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Upper Necaxa Totonac dictionary [[electronic resource] /] / by David Beck |
Autore | Beck David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (872 p.) |
Disciplina | 497/.9 |
Collana | Trends in linguistics. Documentation |
Soggetto topico | Totonac language |
Soggetto non controllato |
Dictionaries
Endangered Languages |
ISBN |
1-283-39949-0
3-11-023823-3 9786613399496 3-11-023822-5 |
Classificazione | EE 6426 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Grammatical notes -- Chapter 3. Upper Necaxa Totonac dictionary -- a -- ch -- h -- i -- j -- k -- l -- lh' -- m -- n -- o -- p -- s -- t -- tz -- u -- w -- x -- y -- bound roots -- Chapter 4. Sample texts -- Appendices -- English-Upper Necaxa index -- Bibliography |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789639803321 |
Beck David | ||
Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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