LINGUIST List 9.351

Tue Mar 10 1998

Books: Tawala, Australian Lang, Endangered Lang

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  • mira kwasik, New publications from Pacific Linguistics, RSPAS, ANU

    Message 1: New publications from Pacific Linguistics, RSPAS, ANU

     Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 13:38:33 +1100
    From: mira kwasik <mxk412coombs.anu.edu.au>
    Subject: New publications from Pacific Linguistics, RSPAS, ANU


    (For ordering details see the end of the file.)

    --GRAMMAR OF TAWALA--

    EZARD, Bryan A. Grammar of Tawala: An Austronesian Language of the Milne Bay Area; Papua New Guinea. 1997, ISBN 0 85883 458 8, xvi+320pp. Softcover. A$59.60 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.

    --BOUNDARY RIDER: ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF GEOFFREY O'GRADY--

    TRYON, Darrell and Michael WALSH, eds Boundary Rider: Essays in Honour of Geoffrey O'Grady 1997, ISBN 0 85883 440 2, viii+444pp. Softcover. A$65.00 Pacific Linguistics catalogue number, C-136. Key words: Australian Aboriginal languages; historical linguistics; Pama-Nyungan.

    This volume contains papers written in honour of Geoffrey O'Grady. A number of papers deal with aspects of the historical phonology and reconstruction of Proto Pama-Nyungan and some of its lower order subgroups. Others deal with polysemy, complex kinterms, Australian Aboriginal lexicography, and the original number and distribution of Australian Aboriginal languages.

    --MATERIALS ON LANGUAGES IN DANGER OF DISAPPEARING IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION--

    WURM, S.A., ed. Materials on Languages in Danger of Disappearing in the Asia-Pacific Region No. 1. Some Endangered Languages of Papua New Guinea: Kaki Ae, Musom, and Aribwatsa 1997, ISBN 0 85883 467 7, vi+183pp. Softcover. A$40.00 Pacific Linguistics catalogue number, D-89. Key words: Key words: Endangered languages; Papua New Guinea; Kaki Ae; Musom; Aribwatsa.

    Papers by S.A. Wurm 'Materials on languages in danger of disappearing in the Asia-Pacific region', S.A. Wurm 'Kaki Ae (formerly known as Raepa Tati) a potentially endangered language in southern Papua New Guinea', John M. Clifton 'The Kaki Ae language', S.A. Wurm 'Musom, an endangered language in northeastern Papua New Guinea', Susanne Holzknecht 'Musom morphology and grammar sketch',Susanne Holzknecht 'Musom word list', S.A. Wurm 'Aribwatsa, an almost extinct language in northeastern Papua New Guinea', Susanne Holzknecht 'Aribwatsa: A'lost' language of the Markham family Papua New Guinea?', Susanne Holzknecht 'Aribwatsa word list', S.A. Wurm 'Publications on languages in danger of disappearing in the Asia-Pacific region'.

    This volume, the first of similar volumes of reports on endangered languages in the Pacific and Southeast Asian area, contains grammatical outlines, word lists and texts with interlinear translation of three Papua New Guinea languages in danger of disappearing: Kaki Ae (Papuan, potentially endangered), Musom (Austronesian, endangered) and Aribwatsa (Austronesian, almost extinct).

    Pacific Linguistics publications can be obtained in any one of four easy and convenient ways:

    E-MAIL E-mail: mxk412coombs.anu.edu.au

    OVER-THE-COUNTER The Australian National University Pacific Linguistics Department of Linguistics RSPAS 3rd Floor, Room 1208 The Australian National University Coombs Bld., Fellows Road Canberra ACT 0200 Acton, Canberra AUSTRALIA

    PHONE ORDER FAX +61 (0)2 6249 2742 or Fax +61 (0)2 6249 4896 Voice Mail - message

    Mira Kwasik Manager, Publications Centre Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Canberra 0200 Australia

    Ph: +61 (0)2 6249 2742 or 3269 Fax: +61(0)2 6249 4896 E-mail: mxk412coombs.anu.edu.au

    The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU - Online catalogue http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Publications/CoombsGuide.html






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