| Description |
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge language surveys |
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Cambridge language surveys.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: List of maps -- Preface -- Abbreviations used in glosses -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language and its social content -- 3. Phonology -- 4. Nominals -- 5. Verbs -- 6. Syntax -- 7. Problems of comparative linguistics in Papuan languages -- 8. Papuan languages and New Guinea prehistory -- References -- Language index -- Subject index |
| Analysis |
Papua New Guinea Papuan languages |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 284-294 |
| Subject |
Papuan languages.
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| SUBJECT |
Papua New Guinea -- Languages.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097692
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| LC no. |
85030942 |
| ISBN |
0521243556 |
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0521286212 (paperback) |
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