Hua : a Papuan language of the eastern highlands of New Guinea / John Haiman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haiman, John.

Series:

Studies in language companion series ; v. 5.

Studies in language companion series (SLCS), 0165-7763 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hua dialect (Papua New Guinea)--Grammar.

Hua dialect (Papua New Guinea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (608 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : J. Benjamins, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There is no country in the world where as many different languages are spoken as in New Guinea, approximately a fifth of the languages in the world. Most of these so-called Papuan languages seem to be unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere. The present work is the first truly comprehensive study of such a language, Hua. The chief typological peculiarity of Hua is the existence of a 'medial verb'construction used to conjoin clauses in compound and complex sentences. Hua also shows a fundamental morphological distinction between coordinate and subordinate medial clauses, the latter are not 'ten

Contents:

pt. 1. Phonology

pt. 2. Morphology

pt. 3. Syntax

pt. 4. Texts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

90-272-8319-2

1-283-22255-8

9786613222558

OCLC:

742333653