37.1902, Books: Life and Death on Karas: Visser (2026)

[The LINGUIST List]

LINGUIST List: Vol-37-1902. Wed May 27 2026. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 37.1902, Books: Life and Death on Karas: Visser (2026)

Moderator: Steven Moran (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Managing Editor: Valeriia Vyshnevetska
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Mara Baccaro, Daniel Swanson
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Editor for this issue: Mara Baccaro <mara at linguistlist.org>

================================================================


Date: 26-May-2026
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [support at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Life and Death on Karas: Visser (2026)


Title: Life and Death on Karas
Subtitle: Ten Uruangnirin Texts
Series Title: Open Text Collections
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Language Science Press
           http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/586

Author(s): Eline Visser

eBook

Abstract:

This collection of ten texts in Uruangnirin offers insights into the
language and culture of the inhabitants of the Karas Islands in
eastern Indonesia. All stories relate to life and death. They range
from narratives about important life events such as circumcision,
engagement and burial to accounts of natural and supernatural threats
to the environment of the Uruangnirin speakers.
The presentation of the texts are as follows: first, the complete text
in Uruangnirin with a free translation into English; second, an
interlinearized version for detailed linguistic analysis.
The texts are preceded by a brief introduction to the Uruangnirin
language and its speakers, which provides readers with a linguistic
and anthropological background.

Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Subject Language(s): Uruangnirin (urn)

Language Family(ies): Austronesian
                      Malayo-Polynesian

Written In: English (eng)



------------------------------------------------------------------------------

********************** LINGUIST List Support ***********************
Please consider donating to the Linguist List, a U.S. 501(c)(3) not for profit organization:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=87C2AXTVC4PP8

LINGUIST List is supported by the following publishers:

Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/

Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics

Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/

De Gruyter Brill https://www.degruyterbrill.com/?changeLang=en

Edinburgh University Press http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com

European Language Resources Association (ELRA) http://www.elra.info

John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/

Language Science Press http://langsci-press.org

Lincom GmbH https://lincom-shop.eu/

MDPI Languages https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages

MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/

Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG http://www.narr.de/

Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT) http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Peter Lang AG http://www.peterlang.com

SIL International Publications http://www.sil.org/resources/publications


----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-37-1902
----------------------------------------------------------