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<DIV>SIL-PNG is happy to announce the recent publication of the following
book.<BR><BR><EM>Lote Grammar Sketch</EM> by Greg Pearson with René
van den Berg (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages, volume 54). 2008.
Ukarumpa: SIL. vii + 160 pages.<BR><BR>Lote is a Western Oceanic
language of the Mengen family, a small and largely undescribed subgroup in East
New Britain province. This grammar sketch is the first description of Lote
and is based on some twenty years of interaction with speakers
of Lote. Like the other volumes in this series, it is thoroughly
data-driven and covers the most important structural features of the language.
Three interlinearised texts complement the description.</DIV>
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<DIV>Lote is lexically highly innovative. Of the basic numerals (1-5, 10)
only <EM>limé</EM> '5' reflects a POC etymon. Its structure is not
particularly complex, with a small phoneme inventory and limited morphology.
Unusual for Oceanic languages is the lack of duals in the pronouns, the absence
of articles and numeral classifiers, two types of nominalisation (both involving
the same morpheme -<EM>nga</EM>) and the use of <EM>ia</EM> as an oblique
preposition. Of typological interest is the presence of infixing reduplication
and a set of interrogative deictics, e.g. <EM>kai</EM> 'here?'<BR><BR>Paper
copies can be obtained from <A
href="mailto:lr-acpub@sil.org.pg">lr-acpub@sil.org.pg</A> at US$15. Postage from
PNG is unfortunately rather high: $15 for Australia and $20 for the rest of
the world. </DIV>
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<DIV>A pdf version of the book is available at <A
href="http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=50351">http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=50351</A></DIV>
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