Medienkombination, Englisch, Band 4, 1020 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm
Reihe: The World of Linguistics
A Comprehensive Guide
Medienkombination, Englisch, Band 4, 1020 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm
Reihe: The World of Linguistics
ISBN: 978-3-11-029526-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
The island of New Guinea with its offshore islands is the most significant linguistic hotspot in the world, with around 1275 languages in 40 separate families.This volume 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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