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coombs.anu.edu.au>Title: �a Pou Subtitle: Aspects of a Marquesan dialect Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Pacific Linguistics http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ Availability: Available Author: Margaret Mutu, Author: Ben Te�kitutoua, Hardback: ISBN: 0858835266, Pages: xv + 115, Price: Australia A$49.50 International A$45.00 Abstract: Marquesan is an Eastern Polynesian language whose nearest relations according to present subgrouping theory are Hawaiian and Mangarevan. The literature lists two major dialects referred to as northern and southern although there are dialect differences from island to island and also, to a much lesser degree, from valley to valley on individual islands. While all dialects within the group are mutually intelligible, there are grammatical as well as phonological and lexical differences between the dialects. The data for this study was taken from the �a Pou dialect and as such is a partial description of that dialect only. The �a Pou dialect of the Marquesan language is spoken on the island of �a Pou in Te Henua �nana (the Marquesas group of islands). The aim of this study is to provide the following: an overview of the work carried out in the field of Polynesian phonology and syntax in the past 30 years; a description of the phonemes and certain suprasegmental features of the sound system of �a Pou; and a detailed description of the internal structure of the �a Pou phrase. Lingfield(s): Language Description Subject Language(s): Marquesan, North (Language Code: MRQ) Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue