6.1068, New Books: Pacific Linguistics Publications

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-6-1068. Thu Aug 10 1995. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines:  109
 
Subject: 6.1068, New Books: Pacific Linguistics Publications
 
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Date:  Tue, 08 Aug 1995 13:42:22 +1000
From:  mxk412 at coombs.anu.edu.au
Subject:  New Pacific Linguistics publications
 
A.K. Pawley & and M.D. Ross (eds), AUSTRONESIAN TERMINOLOGIES: CONTINUITY
AND CHANGE. 1994, vii, 624 pp.  Hardcover.  ISBN 0 85883 424 3. A$75.20
 
Pacific Linguistics, C-127. Austronesian languages; reconstruction;
terminologies.
 
This book contains the papers given at the symposium of the same title in
Canberra in 1990. All the papers have to do with the reconstruction of
lexicon in various Austronesian interstages.  The terminologies represented
include Austronesian kin terms (Robert Blust, James Fox, Viktor Krupa),
Oceanic birds (Ross Clark), Central Pacific/Polynesian fish (Paul Geraghty,
Robin Hooper), Austronesian/Oceanic plants (Paul Li, Darrell Tryon, John
Wolff), Micronesian physical environment (Jeff Marck), South Vanuatu
maritime terms (John Lynch), Austronesian canoes (Medina and Andrew
Pawley), Philippine rice agriculture (Lawrence Reid), Oceanic food
preparation (Frank Lichtenberk), kava (Terry Crowley), sago (Tom Dutton).
There are also papers on Maori (Bruce Biggs) and Central Papuan (Malcolm
Ross) lexicon, some Malay etymologies (Alexander Adelaar), and an overview
of Austronesian vocabulary by David Zorc.
 
Robert D. Bugenhagen, A GRAMMAR OF MANGAP-MBULA: AN AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGE
OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.  1995, xii+418pp.  Softcover.  ISBN 0 85883 4216 X.
A$ 48.00
 
Pacific Linguistics, C-101, Austronesian languages; Papua New Guinea;
grammar; phonology; discourse structure; reduplication.
 
This volume presents a description of the phonology, morphology, and syntax
of the Mangap-Mbula language, which is spoken on an island in the Morobe
Province of Papua New Guinea.  Considerable attention is given to the
morphophonemics of reduplication process, the structure of complex
sentences, and mechanisms for tracking participants in narratives.
 
Ariel Heryanto, LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE: THE CASE
OF INDONESIA.
1995, v+60 pp.  Softcover.  ISBN 0 85883 429 4.  A$14.30
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Pacific Linguistics D-86, Development; Indonesia; language.
 
Against the common instrumentalist perspective, this volume examines the
mutually constituting relationship between economic-oriented development
programs in contemporary Indonesia and the mainstream scholarly endeavours
in developing Bahasa Indonesia.  The author relates the issue to the rise
of nation-states.
 
 
Mira Kwasik, Pacific Linguistics, RSPAS, The Australian National
University, Canberra, Australia
 
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