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The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area

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The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact.

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The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area, Bill Palmer

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2018
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Titul
The languages and linguistics of the New Guinea area
Jazyk
anglicky
Rok vydania
2018
Väzba
pevná
Počet strán
1020
ISBN10
3110286424
ISBN13
9783110286427
Série
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The island of New Guinea and its offshore islands is arguably the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.Thisvolume gives an account of the families and main languages of each area in the region, including brief grammatical descriptions of the better described languages, along with a typological overview of Papuan languages, and a chapter on Austronesian-Papuan contact.