| The Nalik Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea Contributor(s): Rauch, Irmengard (Editor), Volker, Craig A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820436739 ISBN-13: 9780820436739 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Speech & Pronunciation |
| Dewey: 499.5 |
| LCCN: 96042508 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 250 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Most of the languages of Papua New Guinea are still poorly documented. This first grammar of Nalik provides one of the most accessible and detailed descriptions of a New Ireland language, even while English and Tok Pisin are becoming increasingly dominant among the four thousand Nalik speakers. Rejecting the idea of an artificial -standard- form of the language, this volume is unusual in its description of the grammatical variation caused by such a fluid linguistic ecology." |