Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World

Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World
Title Language Contact and Change in the Austronesian World PDF eBook
Author Tom Dutton
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 697
Release 2010-12-14
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110883090

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar

The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar
Title The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar PDF eBook
Author K. Alexander Adelaar
Publisher Psychology Press
Pages 866
Release 2005
Genre Foreign Language Study
ISBN 0700712860

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An essential source of reference for this linguistic community, as well as for linguists working on typology and syntax.

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas

Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas
Title Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas PDF eBook
Author Stephen A. Wurm
Publisher Walter de Gruyter
Pages 1903
Release 2011-02-11
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 3110819724

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“An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general.

Endangered Languages of Austronesia

Endangered Languages of Austronesia
Title Endangered Languages of Austronesia PDF eBook
Author Margaret Florey
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 319
Release 2010
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0199544549

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This book explores the challenges to linguistic vitality confronting many minority languages in the highly diverse and geographically far-flung Austronesian language family. The contributions bring together Indigenous language activists and academic researchers with a long-standing commitment to language documentation.

VICAL 1, Oceanic Languages

VICAL 1, Oceanic Languages
Title VICAL 1, Oceanic Languages PDF eBook
Author Ray Harlow
Publisher
Pages 352
Release 1989
Genre Austronesian languages
ISBN

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The History and Typology of Western Austronesian Voice Systems

The History and Typology of Western Austronesian Voice Systems
Title The History and Typology of Western Austronesian Voice Systems PDF eBook
Author Fay Wouk
Publisher Pacific Linguistics
Pages 484
Release 2002
Genre Austronesian languages
ISBN

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Language Choices

Language Choices
Title Language Choices PDF eBook
Author Martin Pütz
Publisher John Benjamins Publishing
Pages 453
Release 1997-01-01
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9027218315

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This volume concerns various aspects of the theory and application of language conflict phenomena seen from an interdisciplinary perspective. The focus is on linguistic, social, psychological and educational issues (conditions, constraints and consequences) involved in the status and use of languages in multilingual settings. The book is divided into four sections, which deal with: theoretical issues - such as the nature of the concepts of language maintenance; language policy and language planning; attitudes towards languages; and codeswitching and language choice.