A grammar of Kalamang
Title | A grammar of Kalamang PDF eBook |
Author | Eline Visser |
Publisher | Language Science Press |
Pages | 572 |
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Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3961103437 |
This book is a grammar of Kalamang, a Papuan language of western New Guinea in the east of Indonesia. It is spoken by around 130 people in the villages Mas and Antalisa on the biggest of the Karas Islands, which lie just off the coast of Bomberai Peninsula. This work is the first comprehensive grammar of a Papuan language in the Bomberai area. It is based on eleven months of fieldwork. The primary source of data is a corpus of more than 15 hours of spoken Kalamang recorded and transcribed between 2015 and 2019. This grammar covers a wide range of topics beyond a phonological and morphosyntactic description, including prosody, narrative styles, and information structure. More than 1000 examples illustrate the analyses, and are where possible taken from naturalistic spoken Kalamang. The descriptive approach in this grammar is informed by current linguistic theory, but is not driven by any specific school of thought. Comparison to other West Bomberai or eastern Indonesian languages is taken into account whenever it is deemed helpful. Kalamang has several typologically interesting features, such as unpredictable stress, minimalistic give-constructions consisting of just two pronouns, aspectual markers that follow the subject, and the NP and predicate – rather than the noun and verb – as important domains of attachment. This grammar is accompanied by an openly accessible archive of linguistic and cultural material and a dictionary with 2700 lemmas. It serves as a document of one of the world's many endangered languages.
Second series. New ed
Title | Second series. New ed PDF eBook |
Author | F. Anstey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1901 |
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Journey of the Sun Child: Sunrise
Title | Journey of the Sun Child: Sunrise PDF eBook |
Author | Seth Pen |
Publisher | Dead Squirrel Productions |
Pages | 707 |
Release | 2020-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
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After only two weeks beneath Solaris, Joe and his gang have found themselves in more than enough trouble. Enraging both allies and enemies as emperors and arch mages vie for his allegiance, Joe - the supposed Sun Child - can barely stay alive let alone stay true to himself. Joe has to deal with the question: is he helping Mystakle Planet or is he just making the world worse off? There is no going back, but a million different directions available going forward.
The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
Title | The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean PDF eBook |
Author | David Almond |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2014-01-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0763663093 |
Trapped in his bedroom by a father who fills his mind with mysterious tales and warnings, Billy Dean goes outside for the first time when his father disappears, and he discovers his abilities to heal the living and contact the dead.
Voces Populi
Title | Voces Populi PDF eBook |
Author | Francis Anstey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1897 |
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Transactions
Title | Transactions PDF eBook |
Author | Yorkshire Dialect Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 784 |
Release | 1956 |
Genre | English language |
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Publications
Title | Publications PDF eBook |
Author | English Dialect Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 924 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | English language |
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