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Descriptive Grammars
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Tuvaluan
A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific
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 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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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 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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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 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 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, 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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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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A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar
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
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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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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A Descriptive Grammar
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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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 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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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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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 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 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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Descriptive Grammar
ISBN: 978-0-415-01033-7 | Published June 18th 1986 by Routledge.
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