Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Name: Manambu Language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
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ISBN: 9780199539819

ISBN-10: 0199539812

ISBN-13: 9780199539819

Edition: 2008

Authors: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

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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 speakers live in the cities of Port Moresby, Wewak, Lae, and Madang; and a few live in Kokopo and Mount Hagen. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. After an introductory account of the language and its speakers, Professor Aikhenvald devotes chapters to phonology, grammatical relations, word classes, gender, semantics, number, case, possession, derivation and compounding,…

Book details

List price: $240.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 800
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 1.72" tall
Weight: 3.124
Language: English

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List of Plates


List of Charts, Schemes, and Tables


Map I. Location of Manambu villages



Introduction: The Language and its Speakers



Phonology



Grammatical Relations



Word Classes



Gender Marking, Semantics, and Agreement



Number



Case Marking



Possession



Derivation and Compounding



Closed Classes



Predicate Structure and Verb Root Types



Verbal Categories in Positive Declarative and Interrogative Clauses



Mood and Modality



Negation



Verb Compounding



Directionals and Valency-Changing Devices



Complex Predicates



Clause Linking and Dependent Clauses



Other Dependent Clauses and Further Features of Clause Linking



Clause Types and Discourse-Pragmatic Devices



Issues in Semantics and Features of Lexicon



Genetic and Areal Relationships, and New Developments in the Language


Texts


Vocabulary


List of Affixes


References


Index of Authors, Languages, and Subjects