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Descriptive Grammars

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Tuvaluan

A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific

By Niko Besnier

Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02456-3 | Published December 23rd 1999 by Routledge.

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Hungarian

By Anna Fenyvesi, Istvan Kenesei, Robert M. Vago

Hungarian is spoken by 12-14 million people worldwide. A unique language, completely unrelated to the languages of its neighbouring countries, it boasts a grammar full...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02139-5 | Published November 27th 1997 by Routledge.

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Wari

By Daniel L. Everett, Barbara Kern

This is the first major study of any Chapakuran language and makes an important contribution to linguistic theory. This study is especially timely as the...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00999-7 | Published October 30th 1997 by Routledge.

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Turkish

By Jaklin Kornfilt

Turkish is spoken by about fifty million people in Turkey and is the co-official language of Cyprus. Whilst Turkish has a number of properties that...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00010-9 | Published September 4th 1997 by Routledge.

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Marathi

By Rajeshwari Pandharipande

This is a complete grammatical description of Marathi, which belongs to the Indo-European family and is spoken in Maharashtra State in India. It has around...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00319-3 | Published July 10th 1997 by Routledge.

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Malayalam

By R. E. Asher

Malayalam is one of the four major Dravidian languages spoken principally in the southern part of India. It has a recorded history of eight centuries...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02242-2 | Published July 10th 1997 by Routledge.

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Evenki

By Igor Nedjalkov

Evenki is one of nine Tungusic languages spoken in Siberia and Northern China. This book gives the first ever complete description of all this...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02640-6 | Published June 26th 1997 by Routledge.

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Persian

By Shahrzad Mahootian

Persian, or Farsi, is one of the world's oldest languages. Dating back to the sixth century B.C., it is spoken today by over forty million...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02311-5 | Published May 29th 1997 by Routledge.

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Koromfe

By John Rennison

Strong linguistic and ecological pressures are gradually pushing Koromfe, the local language spoken in the north of Burkina Faso, West Africa, towards extinction. Spoken by,...

ISBN: 978-0-415-15257-0 | Published January 2nd 1997 by Routledge.

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Kashmiri

A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar

By Omkar N. Koul, Kashi Wali

Kashmir boasts a language which challenges every field of linguistics. Kashmiri is spoken by approximately 3,000,000 people. Its syntax, similar to Germanic and other verb...

ISBN: 978-0-415-05868-1 | Published December 5th 1996 by Routledge.

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Maltese

By Marie Azzopardi-Alexander, Albert Borg

Focusing primarily on Standard Maltese, the authors clarify many areas which, until now, remain undefined, with emphasis on syntax and intonation. English loanwords continue to...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02243-9 | Published November 14th 1996 by Routledge.

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Nigerian Pidgin

By Nick Faraclas

This is the first comprehensive grammar of Nigerian Pidgin. This book provides basic descriptive and analytical treatment of the syntax, morphology and phonology of a...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02291-0 | Published April 25th 1996 by Routledge.

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Rapanui

A Descriptive Grammar

By Veronica du Feu

Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction. A Polynesian language, closely related to Maori, it is spoken by less than 2000...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00011-6 | Published December 7th 1995 by Routledge.

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Ndyuka

By George L. Huttar, Mary L. Huttar

This volume constitutes what is perhaps the most thorough description of a creole language to date. Following the Descriptive Grammar Series outline, it provides detailed...

ISBN: 978-0-415-05992-3 | Published November 3rd 1994 by Routledge.

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Punjabi

By Tej Bhatia

Punjabi is the language of the Punjab - the land of five rivers - of northern India and Pakistan. Primarily written in three distinct scripts,...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00320-9 | Published July 22nd 1993 by Routledge.

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Maori

By Winifred Bauer

This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Today, the language is...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02254-5 | Published April 22nd 1993 by Routledge.

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Catalan

By Jose Ignacio Hualde

Among the languages of Europe Catalan has a special status because it enjoys official recognition, along with Spanish, in a number of Spanish-speaking regions. These...

ISBN: 978-0-415-05498-0 | Published March 19th 1992 by Routledge.

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Finnish

By Merja Karalainen, Helena Sulkala

Finnish is one of the Finno-Ugrian family of languages, and being historically linked with Swedish, can be compared with that language, particularly in its vocabulary....

ISBN: 978-0-415-02643-7 | Published March 12th 1992 by Routledge.

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Gulf Arabic

By Clive Holes

Gulf Arabic is the term used to refer to a number of related dialects which are spoken along the Gulf littoral from northern Kuwait to...

ISBN: 978-0-415-02114-2 | Published December 7th 1989 by Routledge.

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Japanese

Descriptive Grammar

By John Hinds

ISBN: 978-0-415-01033-7 | Published June 18th 1986 by Routledge.

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