Wampar-English Dictionary : With an English-Wampar Finder List.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fischer, Hans.

Contributor:

Beer, Bettina.

Series:

Asia-Pacific Linguistics

Language:

Australian languages

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra ANU Press 2021

Canberra : ANU Press, 2021.

Language Note:

English

Austronesian languages

Summary:

This ethnographic dictionary is the result of Hans Fischer's long-term fieldwork among the Wampar, who occupy the middle Markham Valley in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). Their language, Dzob Wampar, belongs to the Markham family of the Austronesian languages.

Contents:

Intro

Key to abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 History of ethnographic research among the Wampar

2 Heterogeneity and variability of Dzob Wampar

2.1 Differences between villages

2.2 Loanwords and multilingualism

2.3 Generational differences

3 Names, plants and animals

4. Notes on the sound system and orthography

5 Grammar sketch

5.1 Word order

5.2 Nouns

5.3 Verbs

5.4 Pronouns

5.5 Possessive pronouns and intensifying possessive pronouns

5.6 Reflexive pronouns

5.7 Particles

5.8 Prefixes and suffixes to verbs

5.9 Adjectives and adverbs

5.10 Demonstratives (dem. pron.)

5.11 Interrogatives (interrog.)

5.12 Numerals

5.13 Interjections

5.14 Reduplication and negation

6 Bibliography

Wampar-English Dictionary

English-Wampar Finder List.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781760464790

1760464791

OCLC:

1273662727