| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Asia-Pacific Linguistics |
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Asia-Pacific Linguistics
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| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Phonology -- 3. Word classes -- 4. The noun phrase -- 5. The verb complex -- 6. Simple sentences -- 7. Complex sentences |
| Summary |
"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. Despite being on the verge of extinction, with fewer than 20 living speakers, the language displays intriguing properties--including but not exclusive to the cross-linguistically rare apicolabial phonemes, interesting vowel-raising patterns in some word classes, and a discontinuous negation relationship that is obligatorily expressed with the irrealis mood marker. This book will probably be the last work published on Nese." -- Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-334) |
| Notes |
Unless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the majority of ANU Press titles are published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-ND; creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which broadens the ways in which works can be used and distributed. Please refer to the copyright page of each book for more information on a specific title's copyright licensing |
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Licensed under Creative Commons. Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 AU-CaNED |
| Subject |
Nese language -- Grammar
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781760465568 |
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1760465569 |
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