Spatial expression in Caac : an oceanic language spoken in the north of New Caledonia / edited by Aurélie Cauchard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cauchard, Aurélie, editor.

Series:

Pacific linguistics ; 650.

Pacific Linguistics [PL] ; 650

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oceanic languages.

Kanak (New Caledonian people).

Austronesian.

Caac.

New Caledonia.

New Caledonian Languages.

Local Subjects:

Austronesian.

Caac.

New Caledonia.

New Caledonian Languages.

Physical Description:

xiii, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co., [2018]

Summary:

In this study, the author describes the linguistic expression of space in Caac, an endangered and under-documented Oceanic language spoken in New Caledonia, from both a descriptive and theoretical perspective. Part I provides a concise description of Caac grammar, presenting a first formal portrait of this language to the reader. Part II describes the formal and semantic features of the linguistic resources available in Caac to encode spatial relationships. Part III presents the theoretical framework based on and exploring further the vector analysis developed by Bohnemeyer (2012) and Bohnemeyer & O'Meara (2012).

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Table of contents

Abbreviations

I .The Caac language

1. Introduction

2. Sketch Grammar

II. Linguistic resources for spatial reference in Caac

3. Overview of location, motion and orientation constructions

4. Spatial verbs

5. Nominal, prepositional and adverb phrases encoding spatial bearings

6.Directionals

III .Analysis of space in Caac

7 .Theoretical framework

8. Vectorial analysis of spatial expressions in Caac

9. Conclusion

10.Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9781501511547

1501511548

OCLC:

1048891294

Publisher Number:

9781501511547