A Grammar of Papapana: An Oceanic Language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Ellen Smith-Dennis

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2020

A Grammar of Papapana

An Oceanic Language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

Ellen Smith-Dennis

Volume 659 in the series Pacific Linguistics [PL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501509971

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About this book

This monograph is not only the first comprehensive grammar of Papapana (a previously undocumented and under-described endangered language) but the first full reference grammar of any Oceanic language of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, despite this region displaying considerable linguistic innovation and language contact phenomena with numerous typologically significant features. This book describes Papapana on various levels, including phonology, morphology and syntax in noun phrases and the verb complex, and syntax at the clause- and sentence-level. Throughout the grammar, the described phenomena are related to the current research on typological and Oceanic linguistics. Typologically unusual features of Papapana include multiple reduplication, inverse-number marking in the noun phrase and postverbal subject-indexing. The book also describes the sociolinguistic and historical context within which Papapana is spoken and highlights linguistic changes resulting from language contact. The monograph fills an important gap in terms of grammatical descriptions of Bougainville Oceanic languages, and makes a significant contribution to the field of Oceanic linguistics, and to future comparative linguistic and typological research.

Author / Editor information

Ellen Smith-Dennis, The University of Warwick, UK.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
List of figures Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
List of tables Publicly Available Download PDF	XXI
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XXIII
Glossing conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	XXV
Chapter 1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 2 Language background and sociolinguistic context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Chapter 3 Phonology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
Chapter 4 Nouns and noun phrase structure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
Chapter 5 Noun class, number and possession Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	154
Chapter 6 Verbs and the verb complex Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Chapter 7 Tense, aspect, mode and negation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Chapter 8 Obliques, adjuncts and clause-level adverbs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	356
Chapter 9 Clause types and structures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	391
Chapter 10 Complex sentences Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	441
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	509
Appendix 1 Pronominal paradigms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	521
Appendix 2 25 demonstrative scenes (Wilkins 1999) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	523
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Scholars interested in Linguistic Typology, Oceanic Languages, and Field Linguistics
Pages
- Front matter: 22
- Main content: 532
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Coloured Illustrations: 7
- Tables: 71
Keywords: Oceanic Languages; Austronesian; Typology; Papua New Guinea

eBook

Published: January 18, 2021
ISBN: 9781501509971

Hardcover

Published: January 18, 2021
ISBN: 9781501516801

Paperback

Published: December 19, 2022
ISBN: 9781501520730