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Structures and their Functions in Usan
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English
Published/Copyright:
1987
About this book
Usan is a Papuan language. In this monograph on the grammatical structures of Usan and their function the author shows the unique features of this language: how speakers can exploit certain principles for communicative purposes, how the language reflects their physical environment. Uniqueness can only be shown in the context of communality with other languages. This monograph offers numerous occasions to observe similarities and differences between Usan and other language, those that can be called Papuan in particular.
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Prelim pages
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Table of contents
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Preface
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Abbreviations and spelling conventions
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Learning Usan
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Maps
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1 The Usan people and their language
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2 Phonology
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3 Morphology
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4 Predication
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5 Coordination and switch-reference
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6 Subordination
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7 Sentential modes
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8 Organization of information
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Appendix: Text material
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References
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Index of names
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Index of languages
369
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August 10, 2011
eBook ISBN:
9789027282118
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369
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Keywords for this book
Theoretical linguistics; Functional linguistics; Languages of Trans-New Guinea; Pragmatics
Audience(s) for this book
Professional and scholarly;
