LINGUIST List 8.1533

Mon Oct 27 1997

Books: The Tawala Lang, Samoan, Geoffrey O'Grady

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EZARD, BRYAN A Grammar of Tawala: An Austronesian Language of the Milne Bay
Area, Papua New Guinea
1997, vi+320pp. Softcover. A$59.60 plus postage
ISBN 0 85883 458 8
Pacific Linguistics catalogue number, C-137.

Key words: Austronesian languages; PNG; grammar; head-marking; derivational
processes; function; non-verbal clauses.

This volume presents a grammar of the Tawala language. Tawala is a
radically head-marking language and this grammar takes explicit account of
attendant analytic issues. Considerable attention is also given to
derivation which, in Tawala, is a function of the grammar rather than the
lexicon. Also a holistic model of the clause accounts for both verbal and
non-verbal construction.
Key words: Austronesian languages; PNG; grammar; head-marking; derivational
processes; function; non-verbal clauses.

MOSEL, ULRIKE LA'I and AINSLIE SO'O Say it in Samoan
1997, ix+188pp. Softcover. A$34.00 plus postage
ISBN 0 85883 459 6
Pacific Linguistics number, D-88.

Key words: Oceanic linguistics, Samoan, phraseology.

This book is a language textbook for people who want to learn to
communicate in Samoan. It is suitable for self-instruction and is also a
useful handbook for teaching Samoan. Each lesson contains dialogues and
phrases for various kinds of important everyday situations, with
grammatical explanations and exercises. The book concludes with a key to
exercises and Samoan-English and English-Samoan glossaries.

TRYON, DARRELL and MICHAEL WALSH, eds Boundary Rider: Essays in Honour of
Geoffrey O'Grady
1997, viii+444pp. Softcover.
ISBN 0 85883 440 2 A$65.00 plus postage

Pacific Linguistics catalogue number, C-136.


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Mira Kwasik
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