Historical Dictionary of the Philippines
Historical Dictionary of the Philippines

Author: Artemio R. Guillermo

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 0810872463

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The Historical Dictionary of the Philippines, Third Edition contains a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, and several hundred cross-referenced dictionary entries.

The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia
The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia

Author: Alexander Adelaar

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024-08-29

Total Pages: 1089

ISBN-13: 0192534262

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This volume presents the most wide-ranging treatment available today of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia and their outliers, a group of more than 800 languages belonging to the wider Austronesian family. It brings together leading scholars and junior researchers to offer a comprehensive account of the historical relations, typological diversity, and varied sociolinguistic issues that characterize this group of languages, including current debates in their prehistories and descriptive priorities for future study. The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with historical linguistics, including discussion of human genetics, archaeology, and cultural history. Chapters in Part II explore language contact between Malayo-Polynesian and unrelated languages, as well as sociolinguistic issues such as multilingualism, language policy, and language endangerment. Part III provides detailed overviews of the different groupings of Malayo-Polynesian languages, while Part IV offers in-depth studies of important typological features across the whole linguistic area. The Oxford Guide to the Malayo-Polynesian Languages of Southeast Asia will be an essential reference for students and researchers specializing in Austronesian languages and for typologists and comparative linguists more broadly.

A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes)
A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes)

Author: Robert Blust

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2022-05-09

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 3110781697

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This book documents an understudied phenomenon in Austronesian languages, namely the existence of recurrent submorphemic sound-meaning associations of the general form -CVC. It fills a critical gap in scholarship on these languages by bringing together a large body of data in one place, and by discussing some of the theoretical issues that arise in analyzing this data. Following an introduction which presents the topic, it includes a critical review of the relevant literature over the past century, and discussions of the following: 1. problems in finding the root (the "needle in the haystack" problem), 2. root ambiguity, 3. controls on chance as an interfering factor, 4. unrecognized morphology as a possible factor in duplicating evidence, 5. the shape/structure of the root, 6. referents of roots, 7. the origin of roots, 8. the problem of distinguishing false cognates produced by convergence in root-bearing morphemes from legitimate comparisons resulting from divergent descent, and 9. the problem of explaining how submorphemes are transmitted across generations of speakers independently of the morphemes that host them. The remainder of the book consists of a list of sources for the 197 languages from which data is drawn, followed by the roots with supporting evidence, a short appendix, and references.

Tuttle Balinese-English Dictionary
Tuttle Balinese-English Dictionary

Author: Norbert Shadeg

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 513

ISBN-13: 1462910785

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The author, the late Father Norbert Shadeg (died 2006) combined all the valuable sources with his own extensive knowledge of the language, gained during the many years he lived and worked in Bali. The Tuttle Balinese-English Dictionary covers a wide range of vocabulary used for the affairs of daily life and for culturally important items and events, including many colorful idioms. The most complete Balinese dictionary with over 25,000 entries Clear, user-friendly entries giving idioms, expressions and derived terms The ideal dictionary for students, scholars and visitors

Visayan-English Dictionary
Visayan-English Dictionary

Author: John Kaufmann

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-01-16

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9781523444267

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Published in 1934, this was the first Visayan-English dictionary. It contains more than 18,000 words of the Hilig�ynon and Hinir�ya dialects as spoken in and around Iloilo, besides many Spanish words, which, being frequently used by the Visayans, have become part of the Visayan language. Collated by the REV. J. KAUFMANN, M.H.M, parish priest of Igbar�s, Iloilo, Philippines. Today, this dictionary remains one of the best Visayan-English Dictionaries; and is useful to both English students of Visayan, and also Visayan native speakers who require a dictionary of their own language with definitions in English. This work contains not merely a definition of the meaning of each Visayan term, but also English equivalents in abundance. It has been thought better, in translating the Visayan sentences, not to depart too far from the literal meaning; nevertheless English words and phrases have been introduced, which will prove most useful to Visayan students of English. CuriousPages Edition This book is a CuriousPages edition, which has been carefully edited by an experienced literary editor, then formatted to produce a book that is a pleasure to read. These editions are printed by CreateSpace (an Amazon company), which produces exceptional printing quality (of a higher quality than most trade paperbacks) at a reasonable price. For details of free sample downloads, please visit www.curiouspages.com/books

A Lenâpé English Dictionary
A Lenâpé English Dictionary

Author: Daniel Garrison Brinton

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781015476561

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.