A grammar of Mauwake
This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about 2000 speakers on the north coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is the first book-length treatment of the Mauwake language and the only published grammar of the Ku...
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| description | This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about 2000 speakers on the north coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is the first book-length treatment of the Mauwake language and the only published grammar of the Kumil subgroup to date. Relying on other existing published and unpublished grammars, the author shows how the language is similar to, or different from, related TNG languages especially in the Madang province. The grammar gives a brief introduction to the Mauwake people, their environment and their culture. Although the book mainly covers morphology and syntax, it also includes ashort treatment of the phonological system and the orthography. The description of the grammatical units proceeds from the words/morphology to the phrases, clauses, sentence types and clause combinations. The chapter on functional domains is the only one where the organization is based on meaning/function rather than structure. The longest chapter in the book is on morphology, with verbs taking the central stage. The final chapter deals with the pragmatic functions theme, topic and focus. 13 texts by native speakers, mostly recorded and transcribed but some originally written, are included in the Appendix with morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and a free translation. The theoretical approach used is that of Basic Linguistic Theory. Language typologists and professional Papuanist linguists are naturally one target audience for the grammar. But also two other possible, and important, audiences influenced especially the style the writing: well educated Mauwake speakers interested in their language, and those other Papua New Guineans who have some basic training in linguistics and are keen to explore their own languages. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-353652024-11-16T05:09:29Z A grammar of Mauwake Berghäll, Liisa papuan trans-new guinea kumil madang Clitic Deixis Mauwake language Noun phrase Pronoun Short story Verb thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about 2000 speakers on the north coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is the first book-length treatment of the Mauwake language and the only published grammar of the Kumil subgroup to date. Relying on other existing published and unpublished grammars, the author shows how the language is similar to, or different from, related TNG languages especially in the Madang province. The grammar gives a brief introduction to the Mauwake people, their environment and their culture. Although the book mainly covers morphology and syntax, it also includes ashort treatment of the phonological system and the orthography. The description of the grammatical units proceeds from the words/morphology to the phrases, clauses, sentence types and clause combinations. The chapter on functional domains is the only one where the organization is based on meaning/function rather than structure. The longest chapter in the book is on morphology, with verbs taking the central stage. The final chapter deals with the pragmatic functions theme, topic and focus. 13 texts by native speakers, mostly recorded and transcribed but some originally written, are included in the Appendix with morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and a free translation. The theoretical approach used is that of Basic Linguistic Theory. Language typologists and professional Papuanist linguists are naturally one target audience for the grammar. But also two other possible, and important, audiences influenced especially the style the writing: well educated Mauwake speakers interested in their language, and those other Papua New Guineans who have some basic training in linguistics and are keen to explore their own languages. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2018-12-12 10:19:03 2020-04-01T14:20:31Z 2015 book 603339 OCN: 945783280 2363-5568 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32845 9783946234289;9783944675541 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35365 eng Studies in Diversity Linguistics open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32845/1/603339.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32845/1/603339.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32845/1/603339.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32845/1/603339.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32845/1/603339.pdf Language Science Press 10.26530/OAPEN_603339 10.26530/OAPEN_603339 ed03121b-b998-4b50-8d58-1d0745565558 Knowledge Unlatched 9783946234289;9783944675541 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 498 open access |
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