LINGUIST List 17.287

Fri Jan 27 2006

Books: Language Description, Gayo: Eades

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Directory         1.    Julie Manley, A Grammar of Gayo: Eades

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Message 1: A Grammar of Gayo: Eades
Date: 25-Jan-2006
From: Julie Manley <jmanleycoombs.anu.edu.au>
Subject: A Grammar of Gayo: Eades


Title: A Grammar of Gayo Subtitle: A language of Aceh, Sumatra Series Title: Pacific Linguistics Published: 2005 Publisher: Pacific Linguistics
                http://pacling.anu.edu.au/

Author: Domenyk Eades, Paperback: ISBN: 0858835533 Pages: xii + 350 Price: AUS $ 76.00 Comment: In Australia A$83.60 (incl. GST)
Abstract:

Gayo is a regional language of Indonesia spoken by some 260,000 people inthe central highlands of Aceh province, at the north-western tip ofSumatra. The Gayo people have historically had close ties to the majorityAcehnese of the coast, while maintaining their distinct cultural andlinguistic heritage. Gayo remains the first language of most ethnic Gayo tothis day, and it is the vehicle for a rich oral literary tradition. Thelanguage belongs to the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian familyof languages. It is typologically unlike Acehnese, but shares certainfeatures such as voice with the Batak languages of the neighbouringprovince of North Sumatra. Gayo features a voice system of the type thathas been referred to as symmetrical, whereby neither actor nor undergoervoice can be considered the basic or unmarked alignment. The language alsofeatures valence-increasing affixes, and a range of verbal affixes thatmark intransitive verbs to indicate information about various differentsemantic types of events. This grammar is the first detailed descriptiveaccount of the phonology, morphology and syntax of Gayo. The analysis drawsupon data that reflect the cultural context in which the language isspoken, and in the appendices two Gayo texts with their translations areincluded.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Description
Subject Language(s): Gayo (gay)
Written In: English (eng )

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