18.1930, Books: Language Description/Typology: Kratochvil

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Subject: 18.1930, Books: Language Description/Typology: Kratochvil

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Date: 26-Jun-2007
From: Rianne Giethoorn < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: A Grammar of Abui: Kratochvil

 

	
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:54:15
From: Rianne Giethoorn < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: A Grammar of Abui: Kratochvil 
 



Title: A Grammar of Abui 
Subtitle: A Papuan language of Alor 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	
Author: Frantisek Kratochvil

Paperback: ISBN:  Pages: 542 Price: Europe EURO 36.99


Abstract:

This work contains the first comprehensive description of Abui, a language
of the Trans New Guinea family spoken approximately by 16,000 speakers in
the central part of the Alor Island in Eastern Indonesia. The description
focuses on the northern dialect of Abui as spoken in the village Takalelang. 

This study is based on primary data collected by the author on Alor. With
Pantar island, Alor Island is the western-most area where Papuan languages
are spoken. 

Abui syntax is characterized by rigid head-final word order. The language
presents a number of typologically interesting features such as semantic
alignment. Characteristic for Abui is the extensive use of generic verbs.
Generic verbs appear as parts of complex verbs or in serial verb
constructions. 

This grammar covers the phonology, morphology and basic syntax of Abui. The
appendix contains several Abui texts and word lists. 

Not being written against any particular theoretical background, this book
is of interest to scholars of both Papuan and Austronesian languages, as
well as linguistic typology. 



Linguistic Field(s): Typology
                     Language Description
                     Language Documentation

Subject Language(s): Abui (abz)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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