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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Oxford guides to the world's languages |
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Oxford guides to the world's languages.
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Intro -- 00-Adelaar-Prelims -- Short contents -- Detailed contents -- Series preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and conventions -- The contributors -- 01-Adelaar-Ch01 -- 1 Introduction -- Alexander Adelaar and Antoinette Schapper -- 1.1 Scope of the volume -- 1.2 Aims and rationale for the volume -- 1.3 Organization of the volume -- 1.3.1 Part I. Historical linguistics -- 1.3.2 Part II. Sociolinguistics and Language Contact -- 1.3.3 Part III. Areal overviews -- 1.3.4 Part IV. Featural overviews -- 02-Adelaar-Ch02 -- Part I: Historical Linguistics -- 2 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian |
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Alexander D. Smith -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -- 2.2.1 Proto-Malayo-Polynesian phonology -- 2.2.1.1 Consonants and word-shape -- 2.2.1.2 Vowels -- 2.2.1.3 Stress -- 2.2.1.4 Summary -- 2.2.2 Verbal morphology and voice -- 2.2.2.1 Verbal morphology -- 2.2.2.2 Case markers -- 2.2.2.3 Summary -- 2.3 Malayo-Polynesian within Austronesian -- 2.3.1 Phonological evidence for Malayo-Polynesian -- 2.3.2 Homorganic nasal substitution as a PMP innovation -- 2.3.3 *maR- -- 2.3.4 The second person politeness shift -- 2.3.5 Other morphological evidence -- 2.3.6 Proposals against MP |
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2.3.7 Amis, East Formosan, and Malayo-Polynesian -- 2.4 The internal subgrouping of Malayo-Polynesian -- 2.4.1 Diverse-MP models -- 2.4.2 Isolates within MP -- 2.4.3 CMP and CEMP -- 2.4.4 The Island Southeast Asian archaeological record and Austronesian expansion -- 2.4.5 Previous subgrouping proposals -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 03-Adelaar-Ch03 -- 3 Methods in Malayo-Polynesian comparative-historical linguistics -- Malcolm Ross and Simon J. Greenhill -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The classical comparative method and Malayo-Polynesian -- 3.2.1 Describing the comparative method |
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3.2.2 Challenges in applying the comparative method -- 3.2.2.1 Effects of language contact -- 3.2.2.2 Conditions on the reconstruction of exclusively shared innovations -- 3.3 History of methods used in Malayo-Polynesian comparative-historical linguistics -- 3.3.1 The comparative method -- 3.3.2 Lexicostatistics and homomeric lexical classification -- 3.3.3 Bayesian phylogenetics -- 3.4 Challenges and conclusions -- 04-Adelaar-Ch04 -- 4 Linguistic approaches to Austronesian culture history -- Robert Blust -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 House, village, and community -- 4.3 Agriculture |
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4.4 Maritime technology -- 4.5 Kinship, marriage, and social organization -- 4.5.1 PMP siblings: Two terms or four? -- 4.5.2. PMP siblings: Four terms or six? -- 4.6 Conclusions -- 05-Adelaar-Ch05 -- 5 Human genetic approaches to Malayo-Polynesian prehistory -- Fran""00E7ois-Xavier Ricaut, Nicolas Brucato, and Murray P. Cox -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Genetic diversity before the Austronesian era -- 5.2.1 Island Southeast Asia hosts multiple major genetic ancestries -- 5.2.2 Regional settlement was complex -- 5.2.2.1 After the Out of Africa expansion |
| Summary |
This volume presents the most wide-ranging treatment available today of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia and their outliers. It offers a comprehensive account of the historical relations and typological diversity in the group, including current debates in their prehistories and descriptive priorities for future study |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Specialized |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 22, 2024) |
| Subject |
Austronesian languages -- Southeast Asia
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Linguistics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES.
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Sociolinguistics.
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Syntax.
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Phonetics & Phonology.
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Cultural.
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Anthropology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE.
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Language teaching & learning.
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Language.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adelaar, K. Alexander, editor
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Schapper, Antoinette, editor
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| ISBN |
9780191844973 |
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0191844977 |
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