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Author: Michael L. Forman
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2019-03-31
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 0824878973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Philippines series of the PALI Language Texts, under the general editorship of Howard P. McKaughan, consists of lesson textbooks, grammars, and dictionaries for seven major Filipino languages.
Author: Diego Bergaño
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 266
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Diego Bergaño
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Published: 2007
Total Pages: 564
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anicia Del Corro
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 162
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johannes Mursell
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Published: 2021-09-15
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9027259739
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this research monograph, Johannes Mursell discusses the syntactic impact of information-structural features on agreement. So far, the syntactic contribution of this type of feature has mostly been reduced to movement of topics or foci clause-initial position. Here, the author looks at a different phenomenon, syntactic agreement, and how this process can be dependent on information-structural properties. Based partly on original fieldwork from a typologically diverse set of languages, including Tagalog, Swahili, and Lavukaleve, it is argued that for most areas for which information-structural features have been discussed, it is possible to find cases where these features influence phi-feature agreement. The analysis is then extended to cases of Association with Focus, which does not involve phi-features but can still be accounted for with agreement of information-structural features. The book achieves two main goals: first it provides a uniform analysis for different constructions in unrelated languages. Second, it also gives a new argument that information-structural features should be treated as genuine syntactic features.
Author: Edna Zapanta-Manlapaz
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl R. Galvez Rubino
Publisher: Hippocrene Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780781806428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKlocano is spoken in the northern Luzon region of the Philippines, and is sometimes called the national language of the north. It is spoken by about 9 million people, including large communities of Ilocanos in Hawaii and California. Although non-Tagalog Philippine languages are often called dialects, they are actually unique languages and Ilocano is not mutually intelligible with Tagalog. The aim of this dictionary and phrasebook is to assist the student or traveler in expanding his or her knowledge of the language and culture of the Philippines. * Introduction to basic grammar * Pronunciation guide * Ilocano-English / English-Ilocano dictionary * Ilocano phrasebook
Author: Alma M. Davidson
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Valérie Guérin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2011-11-30
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 0824836391
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSpoken on Mavea Island by approximately 32 people, Mavea is an endangered Oceanic language of Vanuatu. This work provides grammatical descriptions of this hitherto undescribed language. Fourteen chapters, containing more than 1,400 examples, cover topics in the phonology and morphosyntax of Mavea, with an emphasis on the latter. Of particular interest are examples of individual speaker variation presented throughout the grammar; the presence of three linguo-labials (still used today by a single speaker) that were unexpectedly found before the rounded vowel /o/; and a chapter on numerals and the counting system, which have long been replaced by Bislama’s but are remembered by a handful of speakers. Most of the grammatical descriptions derive from a corpus of texts of various genres (conversations, traditional stories, personal histories, etc.) gathered during the author’s fieldwork, conducted for eleven months between 2005 and 2007.
Author: Bill Palmer
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 2008-10-31
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0824832515
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work describes the grammar of Kokota, a highly endangered Oceanic language of the Solomon Islands, spoken by about nine hundred people on the island of Santa Isabel. After several long periods among the Kokota, Dr. Palmer has written an unusually detailed and comprehensive description of the language. Kokota has never before been described, so this work makes an important contribution to our knowledge of the Oceanic languages of island Melanesia. Kokota Grammar examines the phonology of the language and includes a lengthy section on stress assignment. It continues with chapters on nouns and noun phrases, minor participant types, possession, argument structure, the verb complex, clause structure, imperative and interrogative constructions, and subordination and coordination (including verb serialization). The typological interest of Kokota, along with its degree of endangerment and the paucity of information on Northwest Solomonic languages in general, combined with the level of detail given in the volume, make this a work of considerable interest to Austronesian linguists, typologists, syntacticians, phonologists, and all who are involved in describing and documenting endangered languages.
