Rote Meto Comparative Dictionary

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Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary

Owen Edwards
Rote Meto Comparative Dictionary Book PDF

Author : Owen Edwards
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781760464578

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Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary by Owen Edwards Pdf

This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the modern Rote-Meto languages. These reconstructions are accompanied by information on how they relate to forms in other languages including Proto‑Malayo‑Polynesian etyma (where known) and/or out-comparisons to putative cognates in other languages of the region. The dictionary also contains two finder-lists: English to Rote-Meto, and Austronesian reconstructions with Rote-Meto reflexes. The dictionary is preceded by three introductory chapters. The first chapter contains a guide to using the dictionary as well as discussion of the data sources. The second chapter provides a short synchronic overview of the Rote-Meto langauges. The third chapter discusses the historical background of Rote-Meto. This includes sound correspondences, the internal subgrouping of the Rote-Meto family, and the position of Rote-Meto within Malayo-Polynesian more broadly. Searchable electronic versions of the comparative dictionary are provided in two formats at http://hdl.handle.net/1885/251618. The first electronic version is a Lexique Pro export of the dictionary. The Lexique Pro file contains the same data and information in the book version of the dictionary, but does not contain the introductory chapters. See the "About Rote-Meto" tab of the Lexique Pro file for more information on this version of the dictionary. The second electronic version is a text file. It is formatted as a tab separated file and is intended to be read in spreadsheet format. This text file does not contain all the data and information in other versions of the Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary and should be used in conjunction with these other versions. See the associated readme for more information on what data is included and excluded from that text file.

Traces of Contact in the Lexicon

Anonim
Traces of Contact in the Lexicon Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004529458

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Traces of Contact in the Lexicon by Anonim Pdf

What can the languages spoken today tell us about the history of their speakers? This question is crucial in insular Southeast Asia and New Guinea, where thousands of languages are spoken, but written historical records and archaeological evidence is yet lacking in most regions. While the region has a long history of contact through trade, marriage exchanges, and cultural-political dominance, detailed linguistic studies of the effects of such contacts remain limited. This volume investigates how loanwords can prove past contact events, taking into consideration ten different regions located in the Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and New Guinea. Each chapter studies borrowing across the borders of language families, and discusses implications for the social history of the speech communities.

Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages

Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer
Onomatopoeia in the World s Languages Book PDF

Author : Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1152 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111053226

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Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages by Lívia Körtvélyessy,Pavol Štekauer Pdf

This is the very first publication mapping onomatopoeia in the languages of the world. The publication provides a comprehensive, multi-level description of onomatopoeia in the world’s languages. The sample covers six macro-areas defined in the WALS: Euroasia, Africa, South America, North America, Australia, Papunesia. Each language-descriptive chapter specifies phonological, morphological, word-formation, semantic, and syntactic properties of onomatopoeia in the particular language. Furthermore, it provides information about the approach to onomatopoeia in individual linguistic traditions, the sources of data on onomatopoeia, the place and the function of onomatopoeia in the system of each language.

A Grammar of Bunaq

Antoinette Schapper
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Author : Antoinette Schapper
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110761146

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A Grammar of Bunaq by Antoinette Schapper Pdf

This is a comprehensive grammar of the Papuan language Bunaq as spoken in the district of Lamaknen. Bunaq belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, which comprises the westernmost Papuan languages. Surrounded on all sides by Austronesian languages, Bunaq has developed in isolation from other members of the family, and as a result shows a range of unique morphosyntactic patterns. This grammar provides a detailed synchronic description of Bunaq based on a functional-typological approach. Following additional fieldwork and containing new material and analyses, this book is a thoroughly revised version of the author’s 2010 PhD thesis, which won the Pāṇini Award of the Association for Linguistic Typology.

Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics

Trask R. L. Trask
Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics Book PDF

Author : Trask R. L. Trask
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
ISBN : 9781474473316

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Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics by Trask R. L. Trask Pdf

Historical and comparative linguistics has been a major scholarly discipline for 200 years, and yet this is the first dictionary ever devoted to it. With nearly 2400 entries, this dictionary covers every aspect of the subject, from the most venerable work to the exciting advances of the last few years, many of which have not even made it into textbooks yet.All of the traditional terms are here, but so are the terms only introduced recently, in connection with such varied subjects as pidgin and creole languages, the sociolinguistic study of language change, mathematical and computational methods, the novel approaches to linguistic geography, the controversial proposals of new and vast language families, and the attempts at relating the results of the historical linguists to those of the archaeologists, the anthropologists and the geneticists.More than just a dictionary, this book provides genuine linguistic examples of most of the terms entered, detailed explanations of fundamental concepts, critical assessment of controversial ideas, cross-references to related terms, and an abundance of references to the original literature.Features:*The first dictionary in the field.*Comprehensive coverage.*Clearly written and accurate entries.*Covers traditional and contemporary terminology.*Provides linguistic examples of terms defined.*Supplies numerous cross-references to related terms.*Includes hundreds of references to the original literature.

A Comparative Dictionary of the German and English Languages

Henry Berthold
A Comparative Dictionary of the German and English Languages Book PDF

Author : Henry Berthold
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1379242622

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A Comparative Dictionary of the German and English Languages by Henry Berthold Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu

Catriona Malau
A Dictionary of Vur s Vanuatu Book PDF

Author : Catriona Malau
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781760464615

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A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu by Catriona Malau Pdf

This is a trilingual dictionary of Vurës, with meanings provided in both English and Bislama, the national language of Vanuatu. Vurës is an Oceanic language spoken on the island of Vanua Lava in Vanuatu. The dictionary is a companion volume to A Grammar of Vurës, Vanuatu (Malau 2016). There is no established tradition of writing in Vurës and most speakers are not literate in their own language. This dictionary is intended to have a dual purpose: to support the learning of literacy skills in the Vurës community, and as a reference work for linguists. There are four parts to the dictionary. The main part is the most comprehensive and provides the English and Bislama definitions of Vurës words, as well as example sentences for many of the entries, additional encyclopaedic information, scientific names for identified species, lexical relations, and etymological information for some entries. The dictionary contains approximately 3,500 headwords and has a strong emphasis on flora and fauna with close to a third of the entries belonging to these semantic domains. The dictionary has benefited from collaboration with a marine biologist and botanists, who have provided scientific identifications for named species. The main dictionary is followed by English–Vurës and Bislama–Vurës finderlists. The final part of the dictionary is a thesaurus, in which Vurës words are grouped according to semantic categories. The thesaurus has been included primarily so that it can be used to support teaching of literacy skills and cultural knowledge within the community.

Linguistic Organisation and Native Title

Peter Sutton,Kenneth Locke Hale
Linguistic Organisation and Native Title Book PDF

Author : Peter Sutton,Kenneth Locke Hale
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781760464479

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Linguistic Organisation and Native Title by Peter Sutton,Kenneth Locke Hale Pdf

Classical Aboriginal societies in Australia have commonly been described in terms of social organisation and local organisation. This book presents rich detail on a third and related domain that has not been given the same kind of attention: linguistic organisation. Basing their analyses on fieldwork among the Wik peoples of Cape York Peninsula, north Australia, Peter Sutton and Ken Hale show how cosmology, linguistic variation, language prehistory, clan totemic identities, geopolitics, land use and land ownership created a vibrant linguistic organisation in a classical Aboriginal society. This has been a society long in love with language and languages. Its people have richly imbued the domain of rights and interests in country—the foundations of their native title as recognised in Australian law—with rights and interests in the abundance of languages and dialects given to them at the start of the world.

Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar

Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino
Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar Book PDF

Author : Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0824820886

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Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar by Carl Ralph Galvez Rubino Pdf

This root-based dictionary of the Ilocano language is the most comprehensive dictionary produced of Ilocano (Iloko), the lingua franca of Northern Luzon, and historically the native language of the majority of Filipino immigrants to the United States. The body of the dictionary includes entries for roots and affixes with illustrative sentences, idioms, common derivations, and scientific names (when applicable). Ilocano synonyms are also furnished when appropriate. Derived words that undergo morphological fusion are listed as separate entries to facilitate lexical searches. There is also an affix cross-reference list to help the beginning student recognize root words. Unlike most dictionaries of Philippine languages, it has an extensive English to Ilocano section, information on the pre-Hispanic syllabary, and language maps of the Philippines showing where the largest concentration of Ilocano speakers reside. Of related interest: Let's Speak Ilokano, by Precy Espiritu

Meaning, Life and Culture

Helen Bromhead,Zhengdao Ye
Meaning Life and Culture Book PDF

Author : Helen Bromhead,Zhengdao Ye
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781760463939

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Meaning, Life and Culture by Helen Bromhead,Zhengdao Ye Pdf

This book is dedicated to Anna Wierzbicka, one of the most influential and innovative linguists of her generation. Her work spans a number of disciplines, including anthropology, cultural psychology, cognitive science, philosophy and religious studies, as well as her home base of linguistics. She is best known for the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) approach to meaning—a versatile tool for exploring ‘big questions’ concerning the diversity and universals of people’s experience in the world. In this volume, Anna Wierzbicka’s former students, old and current colleagues, ‘kindred spirits’ and ‘sparring partners’ engage with her ideas and diverse body of work. These authors cover topics from the grammar of action verbs to cross-cultural pragmatics, and over 30 languages from around the world are represented. The chapters in Part 1 focus on the NSM approach and cover four themes: lexico-grammatical semantics, cultural keywords, semantics of nouns, and emotion. In Part 2, the contributors connect with a meaning-based approach from their own intellectual perspectives, including syntax, anthropology, cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics. The deep humanistic perspective, wide-ranging themes and interdisciplinary nature of Wierzbicka’s research are reflected in the contributions. The common thread running through all chapters is the primacy of meaning to the understanding of language and culture.

Intermediate Ancient Greek Language

Darryl Palmer
Intermediate Ancient Greek Language Book PDF

Author : Darryl Palmer
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781760463434

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Intermediate Ancient Greek Language by Darryl Palmer Pdf

Intermediate Ancient Greek Language is a series of Lessons and Exercises intended for students who have already covered most of an introductory course in the ancient Greek language. It aims to broaden and deepen students’ understanding of the main grammatical constructions of Greek. Further attention is given to grammatical forms to illustrate their functions. In the Lessons, tragedy, comedy, historiography, oratory and philosophy are sources for dramatic material. The Cases have been deliberately placed late in the series of Lessons 36 to 41; students by now will be prepared to analyse Case usage. Consideration of prepositions in Lesson 42 naturally follows the Cases. Lesson 43, on correlative clauses, links with adjectival and adverbial constructions in previous Lessons. The final Lesson 44 deals with exclamations. Throughout the book, the author relies on genuine Greek sources for the passages in the Lessons and Exercises.

Innamincka Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects

Gavan Breen
Innamincka Talk A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects Book PDF

Author : Gavan Breen
Publisher : ANU Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781921934209

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Innamincka Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects by Gavan Breen Pdf

Innamincka Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects is one of a pair of companion volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect of the language formerly spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki Creeks and the country to the north of the Cooper, in the northeast corner of South Australia and a neighbouring strip of Queensland. The other volume is entitledInnamincka Words. Innamincka Talk is the more technical work of the two and is intended for specialists and for interested readers who are willing to put some time and effort into studying the language.Innamincka Words is for readers, especially descendants of the original people of the area, who are interested in the language, but not necessarily interested in its more technical aspects. It is also a necessary resource for users of Innamincka Talk. These volumes document all that could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved with other languages at the same time. These were people who did not have a full knowledge of the culture of their forebears, but were highly competent, indeed brilliant, in the way they could teach what they knew to the linguist student.

Innamincka Words

Anonim
Innamincka Words Book PDF

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Innamincka language
ISBN : 1921934212

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Innamincka Words by Anonim Pdf

Innamincka Words: Yandruwandha dictionary and stories is one of a pair of companion volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect of the language formerly spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki Creeks and the country to the north of the Cooper, in the northeast corner of South Australia and a neighbouring strip of Queensland. The other volume is entitled Innamincka Talk: a grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects. Innamincka Words is for readers, especially descendants of the original people of the area, who are interested in the language. It is also a necessary resource for users of the more technical Innamincka Talk. These volumes document all that could be learnt from the last speakers of the language in the last years of their lives by a linguist who was involved with other languages at the same time. These were people who did not have a full knowledge of the culture of their forebears, but were highly competent, indeed brilliant, in the way they could teach what they knew to the linguist student.

Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands

Alan Rumsey,Don Niles
Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands Book PDF

Author : Alan Rumsey,Don Niles
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781921862212

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Sung Tales from the Papua New Guinea Highlands by Alan Rumsey,Don Niles Pdf

The genres of sung tales that are the subject of this volume are one of the most striking aspects of the cultural scene in the Papua New Guinea Highlands. Composed and performed by specialist bards, they are a highly valued art form. From a comparative viewpoint they are remarkable both for their scale and complexity, and for the range of variation that is found among regional genres and individual styles. Though their existence has previously been noted by researchers working in the Highlands, and some recordings made of them, most of these genres have not been studied in detail until quite recently, mainly because of the challenging range of disciplinary expertise that is required--in anthropology, linguistics, and ethnomusicology. This volume presents a set of interrelated studies by researchers in all of those fields, and by a Papua New Guinea Highlander who has assisted with the research based on his lifelong familiarity with one of the regional genres. The studies presented here (all of them previously unpublished and written especially for this volume) are of groundbreaking significance not only for specialists in Melanesia or the Pacific, but also for readers with a more general interest in comparative poetics, mythology, musicology, or verbal art.

A Sketch Grammar of Pondi

Russell Barlow
A Sketch Grammar of Pondi Book PDF

Author : Russell Barlow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1286317094

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A Sketch Grammar of Pondi by Russell Barlow Pdf

This book provides the first grammatical description of Pondi, a severely endangered language spoken by fewer than 300 people, almost all of whom live in a single village in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea. Pondi is a non-Austronesian (i.e. Papuan) language, belonging to the Ulmapo branch of the Keram family. A Sketch Grammar of Pondi includes ethnographic information, with ample discussion of language vitality and endangerment. The grammatical description begins with phonetics and phonology, before turning to major and minor word classes. The description of nominal morphology focuses especially on Pondi's irregular number affixation and stem alternation, while the description of verbal morphology is largely concerned with aspect and mood suffixation. Syntax is discussed both at the level of the phrase and at the level of the clause. Topics in syntax, such as questions, commands, negation and conditionals are discussed. Following the grammatical description, there is a lexicon of over 600 Pondi words, presented both as a Pondi-to-English word list and as an English-to-Pondi finder list.