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Date: Mon, 21 May 2018 14:33:12
From: Pablo Dominguez Andersen [pablo.dominguez at degruyter.com]
Subject: The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: Palmer (ed.)

 


Title: The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area 
Subtitle: A Comprehensive Guide 
Series Title: The World of Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/185025?format=G 


Editor: Bill Palmer

Hardback: ISBN:  9783110286427 Pages: 1020 Price: U.S. $ 309.99


Abstract:

"The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide"
is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of
all major regions of the world. The island of New Guinea and its offshore
islands is arguably the most diverse and least documented linguistic hotspot
in the world - home to over 1300 languages, almost one fifth of all living
languages, in more than 40 separate families, along with numerous isolates.
Traditionally one of the least understood linguistic regions, ongoing research
allows for the first time a comprehensive guide. Given the vastness of the
region and limited previous overviews, this volume focuses on an account of
the families and major languages of each area within the region, including
brief grammatical descriptions of many of the languages. The volume also
includes a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on
Austronesian-Papuan contact. It will make accessible current knowledge on this
complex region, and will be the standard reference on the region. It is aimed
at typologists, endangered language specialists, graduate and advanced
undergraduate students, and all those interested in linguistic diversity and
understanding this least known linguistic region.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Pama-Nyungan
                      Unclassified Pama-Nyungan 


Written In: English  (eng)

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