Carolinian English Dictionary

Author : Frederick H. Jackson,Jeffrey C. Marck
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 1229 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780824881931

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Carolinian-English Dictionary by Frederick H. Jackson,Jeffrey C. Marck Pdf

Carolinian is a member of the Trukic subgroup of the Micronesian group of Oceanic languages. This is the first English dictionary of the three Carolinian dialects spoken by descendants of voyagers who migrated from atolls in the Central Caroline Islands to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands. This dictionary provides English definitions for almost 7,000 Carolinian entries and an English-Carolinian finder list. A special effort was made to include culturally important words, particularly those related to sailing, fishing, cooking, house building, traditional religion, and family structure. With this work, the compilers also establish an acceptable standard writing system with which to record the Carolinian language.

Author : Hans H. Hock
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110809718

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Historical, Indo-European, and Lexicographical Studies by Hans H. Hock Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author : Dominique B. Hess
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249784

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Saipanese English by Dominique B. Hess Pdf

In this volume, the emergence of English in Saipan is examined in the complex context of its colonial past. The focus lies on the influence of the American era on the linguistic outcomes in Saipan. Sociolinguistic interviews with indigenous Chamorros and Saipan Carolinians were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods. A general overview of the English spoken in Saipan and detailed analyses of selected morphosyntactic features are presented. The English spoken by the local people presents an interesting transitional phase of English becoming a first language with unique local ‘island’ features. Results shed light on linguistic constraints globally and on social constraints in Saipan that motivate language variation and change locally. This volume contributes to the literature of language variation and change, lesser-known varieties of English, and the description and categorization of emerging English varieties within the canon of World Englishes.

Author : Eduardo D. Faingold
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498571371

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Language Rights and the Law in the United States and Its Territories by Eduardo D. Faingold Pdf

This book analyzes the language policies that result from the promulgation of linguistic rights in the constitutions and statutes of the United States and its territories. The United States is a nation in which speakers of minority languages were conquered or incorporated and the languages spoken by them were suppressed or neglected. Since the 1960’s, the United States and its territories have seen a resurgence of claims for language recognition by minority groups representing a considerable population (Spanish in Puerto Rico and the Southwestern states, Chamorro in Guam, Chamorro and Carolinian in the Northern Mariana Islands, and Samoan in American Samoa). Also, the book studies recent developments regarding the status and use of English in the United States and some of its territories. For example, studying the effects of legal, social, educational, and political contexts on the Spanish language in the Southwestern states, and Pacific languages (Chamorro, Carolinian, and Samoan) in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa, reveals that English continues to be used as the main language of communication in all these places despite continuous efforts to protect the rights of indigenous languages by their native populations. For these reasons, it is important to compare the linguistic laws promulgated in the constitutions and statutes of the United States and its territories, or the lack thereof, as a response to the demands for linguistic rights by sectors of the population who do not speak English as a first language or who may seek to maintain the use of one or more indigenous languages. The book offers insights to those in charge of drafting legislation in the area of language rights. It shows how the United States and its territories could recognize and accommodate linguistic diversity.

Author : Braj B. Kachru,Henry Kahane
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110957075

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Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary by Braj B. Kachru,Henry Kahane Pdf

A pioneering volume addressing issues related to cultures, ideologies, and the dictionary. A cross-cultural and cross-linguistic study with focus on selected Western and non-Western languages. A number of in-depth case studies illustrates the dominant role ideology and other types of bias play in the making of a dictionary. The volume includes invited papers of 40 internationally recognized scholars.

Author : Daniel Long,Keisuke Imamura
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-08-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781040097052

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The Japanese Language in the Pacific Region by Daniel Long,Keisuke Imamura Pdf

Long and Imamura examine language contact phenomena in the Asia Pacific region in the context of early 20th-century colonial history, focusing on the effects the Japanese language continues to have over island societies in the Pacific. Beginning in the early 20th century when these islands were taken over by the Japanese Empire and continuing into the 21st century, the book examines 5,150 Japanese-origin loanwords used in 14 different languages. It delves into semantic, phonological, and grammatical changes in these loanwords that form a fundamental part of the lexicons of the Pacific Island languages, even now in the 21st century. The authors examine the usage of Japanese kana for writing some of the local languages and the pidginoid phenomena of Angaur Island. Readers will gain a unique understanding of the Japanese language’s usage in the region from colonial times through the post-war period and well into the current century. Researchers, students, and practitioners in the fields of sociolinguistics, language policy, and Japanese studies will find this book particularly useful for the empirical evidence it provides regarding language contact situations and the various Japanese language influences in the Asia Pacific region. The authors also offer accompanying e-resources that help to further illustrate the examples found in the book.

Author : Stanley J. Kays
Publisher : Springer
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086867202

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Cultivated vegetables of the world: a multilingual onomasticon by Stanley J. Kays Pdf

Vegetables make up a major portion of the diet of humans and are critical for good health. With the world population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, they will play an increasingly important role in food availability. The purpose of this book is to facilitate accuracy in communication among individuals working in agriculture and a better understand of the extent and diversity of vegetable production and utilization worldwide. Increasing global economic interdependence and trade in agricultural products makes precise communication among individuals utilizing different languages essential. There is currently a wide range of vegetables shipped around the world as seasonal, economic and other forces are shifting markets from exclusively local toward global. The text provides up-to-date scientific names, synonyms, and common names for the commercially cultivated vegetable crops grown worldwide (404 crops), in addition to information on the plant parts utilized and their method of preparation. Common names from 370 languages are presented along with information on each of the languages. The text represents an essential reference source with the information presented in a concise and readily accessible format. It allows indentifying a crop from the common name in a diverse cross-section of languages and is therefore of use to university and government researchers, libraries worldwide, agricultural organizations, agricultural scientists, embassies, international travelers, vegetable growers, shippers, packers, produce buyers, grocery store managers, gourmet restaurants, chefs, and gardeners.

Author : Northern Mariana Islands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Law
ISBN : OSU:32437123029999

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Title 2: Natural resources. Title 3: Human resources by Northern Mariana Islands Pdf

Author : Luna Filipović,Martin Pütz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266446

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Endangered Languages and Languages in Danger by Luna Filipović,Martin Pütz Pdf

This peer-reviewed collection brings together the latest research on language endangerment and language rights. It creates a vibrant, interdisciplinary platform for the discussion of the most pertinent and urgent topics central to vitality and equality of languages in today’s globalised world. The novelty of the volume lies in the multifaceted view on the variety of dangers that languages face today, such as extinction through dwindling speaker populations and lack of adequate preservation policies or inequality in different social contexts (e.g. access to justice, education and research resources). There are examples of both loss and survival, and discussion of multiple factors that condition these two different outcomes. We pose and answer difficult questions such as whether forced interventions in preventing loss are always warranted or indeed viable. The emerging shared perspective is that of hope to inspire action towards improving the position of different languages and their speakers through research of this kind.

Author : John Lynch,Malcolm Ross,Terry Crowley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780700711284

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The Oceanic Languages by John Lynch,Malcolm Ross,Terry Crowley Pdf

The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. Part of 2 vol set. Author Ross from ANU.

Author : Malcolm Ross,Andrew Pawley,Meredith Osmond
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781921313196

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The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic by Malcolm Ross,Andrew Pawley,Meredith Osmond Pdf

This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each volume deals with a particular domain of culture and/or environment and consists of a collection of essays each of which presents and comments on lexical reconstructions of a particular semantic field within that domain. Volume 2 examines how Proto Oceanic speakers described their geophysical environment. An introductory chapter discusses linguistic and archaeological evidence that locates the Proto Oceanic language community in the Bismarck Archipelago in the late 2nd millennium BC. The next three chapters investigate terms used to denote inland, coastal, reef and open sea environments, and meteorological phenomena. A further chapter examines the lexicon for features of the heavens and navigational techniques associated with the stars. How Proto Oceanic speakers talked about their environment is also described in three further chapters which treat property terms for describing inanimate objects, locational and directional terms, and terms related to the expression of time.

Author : Northern Mariana Islands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1020 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : HARVARD:32044054651666

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Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Code by Northern Mariana Islands Pdf

Author : Northern Mariana Islands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063036086

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Commonwealth Code: Sources of governmental authority. Title 1, Government. Title 2, Natural resources. Title 3, Human resources by Northern Mariana Islands Pdf

Author : Mervyn McLean
Publisher : Mervyn McLean
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780473288730

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Music, Lapita, and the Problem of Polynesian Origins by Mervyn McLean Pdf

For more than twenty years the standard view among anthropologists has been that Polynesians evolved from a group of settlers known as Lapita people whose characteristically dentate-stamped pottery has been found on numerous mostly Melanesian sites, and who entered Fiji more than 3000 years ago from a starting point in the Bismarck Archipelago. An alternative view that champions Micronesia as a primary area of origin for Polynesians has been in limbo as a result of the prevailing theory, but is reappraised in the present book and found once again to be in contention. The book takes an historical view of theories of origin, and provides some account of methodologies used by scholarly disciplines which have been brought to bear on the subject, including evidence from music and dance, which forms the core of the book.

Author : Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134855865

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Archaeology and Language III by Roger Blench,Matthew Spriggs Pdf

Archaeology and Language III interprets results from archaeological data in terms of language distribution and change, providing the tools for a radical rewriting of the conventional discourse of prehistory. Individual chapters present case studies of artefacts and fragmentary textual materials, concerned with the reconstruction of houses, maritime technology, pottery and grave goods.