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t-online.de>Title: Negation in Oceanic Languages Subtitle: - Typological Studies - Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Australian Languages 02 Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: Lincom GmbH www.lincom-europa.com http://lincom.at Editor: Even Hovdhaugen, Ulrike Mosel Paperback: ISBN: 3895866024, Pages: 180, Price: EUR 54.10 Abstract: The aim of this book is to present in-depth studies on negation in 7 Oceanic languages and a survey of negation in the New Caledonian and Loyality Islands languages in such a way that linguists interested in typology, linguistic theory and comparative Austronesian linguistics will perhaps more easily find what they are looking for. Therefore the authors of the 7 studies describe the complete sets of negatives in one language they know from their own empirical research. The languages of the individual studies are Saliba, Teop, N�l�mwa, Tongan, Futunan, Tokelauan, and Tahitian. Contents: Ulrike Mosel : Towards a typology of negation in Oceanic languages; Anna Margetts: Negation in Saliba (Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Province); Ulrike Mosel & Ruth Saovana Spriggs: Negation in Teop (Bougainville, North Solomon Islands); Claire Moyse-Faurie & Fran�oise Ozanne-Rivierre: Negation in New Caledonian and Loyality Islands languages; Isabelle Brill: Negation in N�l�mwa (New Caledonia); J�rgen Broschart: Negation in Tongan; Claire Moyse-Faurie: Negation in East Futunan (Futuna, Wallis and Futuna Islands); Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen: Negation in Tokelauan; Gilbert Lazard & Louise Peltzer: La n�gation en tahitien; Bibliography. 2nd printing. (also see the LINCOM webshop: lincom.at). Course discounts available! Lingfield(s): Typology Language Family(ies): Oceanic Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8287Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue