Yonggom Wambon, a Dumut Language of West Papua : Annotated Texts with Grammar and Vocabulary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

van den Heuvel, Wilco, author.

Series:

Asia-Pacific Linguistics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papuan languages.

Wambon language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra : ANU Press, 2025.

Summary:

In this book, the author, Wilco van den Heuvel, intends to make Drabbe's 1959 description of (Yonggom) Wambon available to a wider scientific public.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I: Grammatical introduction

1. Phonology

2. Verbs

3. Other word classes

4. Clause structure

5. Clause combinations

Part II: Wordlists

6. Introduction to the wordlists

7. Thematic wordlist: English-Yonggom Wambon

8. Alphabetical index to the English-Yonggom Wambon wordlist

9. Yonggom Wambon-English wordlist

Part III: Annotated texts

10. Introduction to the texts

11. Text 1: The origin of the Kao river

12. Text 2: Kori

13. Text 3: Katit

14. Text 4: The origin of canoe making

15. Text 5: Koromop

16. Text 6: A brother and his sister

17. Text 7: Matirap

18. Text 8: Kukjat's offspring

19. Text 9: Wawit and his children

20. Text 10: Koheponop and the snake

21. Text 11: Omgirop

22. Text 12: Ndinggitiop and Enowandajop

References

Drabbe's terminology

Appendix: Wordlist, 1956

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781760466749

1760466743