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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>SIL Papua New Guinea is happy to announce the publication of <i>Participant Referencing in Gumawana Narrative</i> by Clif Olson, volume 60 of the series <i>Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages.<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gumawana is a small Oceanic language belonging to the Papuan Tip linkage, spoken by some 470 people on the Amphlett Islands, north of Fergusson Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. A grammar sketch of Gumawana was published by Olson in 1992 (Pacific Linguistics A-82).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This 289-page monograph is a detailed analysis of partipant reference in narrative discourse. How are participants introduced? How is reference to an active participant maintained? How are participants reactivated? How are participants treated in quote margins? The various grammatical and lexical categories that the language has at its disposal are carefully examined and amply illustrated. These include a discussion of zero anaphora, pronominal affixes, independent pronouns, full pronouns, noun phrases, the thematic marker <i>-ya</i>, the numeral <i>tayamo</i> 'one', as well as overt plural marking. The author arrives at a number of rules for default coding, and also investigates cases where there is less or more marking than expected. Six interlinear texts with free translation complete the description. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is one of the first detailed studies of participant referencing in an Oceanic language and a welcome addition to the body of Austronesian discourse studies.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The book can be downloaded for free at:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/show_work.asp?id=928474555727"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www-01.sil.org/pacific/png/show_work.asp?id=928474555727</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Printed copies are available for sale from Miss Rudy Yawiro at <a href="mailto:lr-webpub@sil.org.pg"><span style='color:windowtext'>lr-webpub@sil.org.pg</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>