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The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area

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The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact.

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The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area, Bill Palmer

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2018
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Título
The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
2018
Formato
Tapa dura
Páginas
1020
ISBN10
3110286424
ISBN13
9783110286427
Serie
Descripción
The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact.