| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 702 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford linguistics
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Oxford linguistics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-687) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Plates; List of Charts, Schemes, and Tables; Organization and Cross-references; Abbreviations and Conventions; Map 1. Location of Manambu villages; 1 Introduction: The Language and its Speakers; 2 Phonology; 3 Grammatical Relations; 4 Word Classes; 5 Gender Marking, Semantics, and Agreement; 6 Number; 7 Case Marking; 8 Possession; 9 Derivation and Compounding; 10 Closed Classes; 11 Predicate Structure and Verb Root Types; 12 Verbal Categories in Positive Declarative and Interrogative Clauses; 13 Mood and Modality; 14 Negation; 15 Verb Compounding. |
| Summary |
This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. - ;This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. About 200-400. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Manambu language -- Grammar.
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Manambu language. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Yuamali Ala, Jacklyn.
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Luma Laki, Pauline Agnes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U (Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna). Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea. Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, ©2008 9780199539819 0199539812 (DLC) 2008016927 (OCoLC)226304678 |
| ISBN |
9780191561665 (electronic book) |
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0191561665 (electronic book) |
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9780199539819 |
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0199539812 |
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