18.371, Books: Language Description: van den Berg, Bachet

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Date: 31-Jan-2007
From: Brian Homoleski < academic_books at sil.org >
Subject: Vitu Grammar Sketch: van den Berg, Bachet 

	
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Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:23:34
From: Brian Homoleski < academic_books at sil.org >
Subject: Vitu Grammar Sketch: van den Berg, Bachet 
 



Title: Vitu Grammar Sketch 
Series Title: Data papers on Papua New Guinea languages, volume 51  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: SIL International
	   http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp
	

Book URL: http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=475 


Author: René van den Berg
Author: Peter Bachet

Electronic: ISBN: 9980032073 Pages: 248 Price: ----  0.00
Paperback: ISBN: 9980032073 Pages: 248 Price: AUS $ 15.00 Comment: plus postage


Abstract:

This is the first description of Vitu, an Oceanic Austronesian language
spoken on  islands northwest of New Britain, Papua New Guinea. A
first-order member of the Meso-Melanesian linkage, Vitu is a conservative
Oceanic language showing many typical Oceanic features such as dual
pronouns, a complex possessive system, prenominal articles, reduplication
and verb serialisation. Vitu is unusual in its lack of the phoneme /s/, the
absence of classifiers, the presence of a clear morphological passive and
the widespread and multifaceted use of tense-aspect-sequentiality markers.
The grammar is thoroughly data-driven and includes two interlinearised folk
tales.

This book is available electronically at
http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=475

A bound paper copy can be obtained through lr-dats at sil.org.pg. 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Description

Subject Language(s): Muduapa (wiv)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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