Tuvaluan :: a Polynesian language of the Central Pacific /

Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least...

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1. Verfasser: Besnier, Niko
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Schriftenreihe:Descriptive grammars.
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Zusammenfassung:Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxvi, 662 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-655) and index.
ISBN:0203027124
9780203027127
9780415024563
0415024560
9781134974726
1134974728
9781134974672
1134974671
9781134974719
113497471X
9781138993938
113899393X
1280338369
9781280338366

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