Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible respect, including the size and social make-up of the speech communities and their typological profiles. This book is designed to serve as a reference work and in-depth introduction to these languages, providing a source of basic information for linguists and other professionals concerned with this area. It highlights the cultural and linguistic diversity of this group of languages while at the same time…mehr
Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible respect, including the size and social make-up of the speech communities and their typological profiles. This book is designed to serve as a reference work and in-depth introduction to these languages, providing a source of basic information for linguists and other professionals concerned with this area. It highlights the cultural and linguistic diversity of this group of languages while at the same time keeping track of their common heritage. Five introductory articles on linguistic history, language politics, language endangerment, ritual speech and special registers, and major typological features have the entire area in their scope and provide a balanced and up-to-date discussion of the major issues. The core of the volume consists of grammatical sketches of twenty languages plus three chapters dealing with different aspects of Malay (Old Malay, Malayic varieties and Colloquial Indonesian), representing a good cross-section of the linguistic diversity found in the area.
Alexander Adelaar is Associate Professor and Reader in Indonesian at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His main publications are on Austronesian historical and descriptive linguistics, especially Malay varieties, Malagasy, languages of West Borneo and Siraya (Taiwan). Nikolaus P. Himmelmann was previously Professor and Chair at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Germany. He has done fieldwork in the Philippines (Tagalog), Sulawesi (Tomini-Tolitoli languages) and East Timor (Waima'a) and published widely on a number of core issues in Austronesian grammar, including the nature of lexical and syntactic categories and voice.
Inhaltsangabe
1. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective K. Alexander Adelaar 2. Language shift and endangerment Margaret Florey 3. Colonial history and language policy in Insular Southeast Asia and Madagascar Hein Steinhauer 4. Ritual languages, special registers and speech decorum in Austronesian languages James J. Fox 5. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: Typological characteristics Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 6. Old Malay Waruno Mahdi 7. Structural Diversity in the Malayic subgroup K. Alexander Adelaar 8. Colloquial Indonesian Michael C. Ewing 9. Tsou Elizabeth Zeitoun 10. Seediq Naomi Tsukida 11. IIoko Carl Rubino 12. Tagalog Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 13. Sama (Bajau) Jun Akamine 14. Kimaragang Paul Kroeger 15. Belait Adrian Clynes 16. Malagasy Janie Rasoloson & Carl Rubino 17. Phan Rang Cham Graham Thurgood 18. Moken and Moklen Michael D. Larish 19. Karo Batak Geoff Woollams 20. Nias Lea Brown 21. Javanese Alexander K. Ogloblin 22. Buol Erik Zobel 23. Makassar Anthony Jukes 24. Mori Bawah David Mead 25. Kambera Marian Klamer 26. Tetun and Leti Aone van Engelenhoven & Catharina Williams van Klinken 27. Taba John Bowden 28. Biak Hein Steinhauer
1. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective K. Alexander Adelaar 2. Language shift and endangerment Margaret Florey 3. Colonial history and language policy in Insular Southeast Asia and Madagascar Hein Steinhauer 4. Ritual languages, special registers and speech decorum in Austronesian languages James J. Fox 5. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: Typological characteristics Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 6. Old Malay Waruno Mahdi 7. Structural Diversity in the Malayic subgroup K. Alexander Adelaar 8. Colloquial Indonesian Michael C. Ewing 9. Tsou Elizabeth Zeitoun 10. Seediq Naomi Tsukida 11. IIoko Carl Rubino 12. Tagalog Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 13. Sama (Bajau) Jun Akamine 14. Kimaragang Paul Kroeger 15. Belait Adrian Clynes 16. Malagasy Janie Rasoloson & Carl Rubino 17. Phan Rang Cham Graham Thurgood 18. Moken and Moklen Michael D. Larish 19. Karo Batak Geoff Woollams 20. Nias Lea Brown 21. Javanese Alexander K. Ogloblin 22. Buol Erik Zobel 23. Makassar Anthony Jukes 24. Mori Bawah David Mead 25. Kambera Marian Klamer 26. Tetun and Leti Aone van Engelenhoven & Catharina Williams van Klinken 27. Taba John Bowden 28. Biak Hein Steinhauer
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309