The Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the world’s largest language families, Austronesian. There are between 1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages. This division is clear and the grammar sketches in this volume provide a cross-section through the structural diversity of the Oceanic languages which is not available elsewhere.
Much of the material is drawn from data collected by the authors and has not been previously published. The volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. In addition, the volume presents forty-three grammar sketches, selected from the five hundred Oceanic languages spread across a region embracing eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.
| ISBN: | 9780415681551 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 2017 |
| Author: | John Lynch |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 944 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Language Family Series |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics |
The Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the world’s largest language families, Austronesian. There are between 1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages.
The Oceanic Languages features in the following genres: Historical and comparative linguistics
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The Oceanic Languages was written by John Lynch and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Oceanic Languages has 944 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Language Family Series series
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