18.1493, Books: Language Description/Sociolinguistics: Harlow

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Date: 11-May-2007
From:  Davies < ddavies at cambridge.org >
Subject: Mäori: Harlow

 

	
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Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 11:43:55
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Title: Mäori 
Subtitle: A Linguistic Introduction 
Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://us.cambridge.org
	

Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521808613 


Author: Ray Harlow

Hardback: ISBN: 0521808618 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 45.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0521808618 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN: 0521808618 Pages: 256 Price: U.S. $ 85.00


Abstract:

Mäori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, is an endangered, minority
language, with an important role in the culture and identity of the Mäori
community. This comprehensive overview looks at all aspects of the Mäori
language: its history, its dialects, its sounds and grammar, its current
status, and the efforts being made by the Mäori community and the state to
ensure its survival.  Central chapters provide an overall sketch of the
structure of Mäori while highlighting those aspects which have been the
subject of detailed linguistic analysis - particularly phonology (sound
structure) and morphology (word structure). Though addressed primarily to
those with some knowledge of linguistics, this book describes a language
with a wealth of interesting features. It will interest anyone wishing to
study the structure of a minority language, in fields as diverse as
typology, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, as well as all
those interested in endangered languages and their preservation. 



1. Introduction; 
2. A brief history of Mäori; 
3. Regional variation in Mäori; 
4. The phonology of Mäori; 
5. The morphology of Mäori; 
6. The syntax of Mäori; 
7. The sociolinguistic situation of Mäori. 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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