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Structures and their functions in Usan : a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea /
Usan is a Papuan language. In this monograph on the grammatical structures of Usan and their function the author shows the unique features of this language: how speakers can exploit certain principles for communicative purposes, how the language reflects their physical environment. Uniqueness can on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
[Amsterdam] ; [Philadelphia] :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1987.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Usan is a Papuan language. In this monograph on the grammatical structures of Usan and their function the author shows the unique features of this language: how speakers can exploit certain principles for communicative purposes, how the language reflects their physical environment. Uniqueness can only be shown in the context of communality with other languages. This monograph offers numerous occasions to observe similarities and differences between Usan and other language, those that can be called Papuan in particular. |
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| Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral--University of Amsterdam). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027282118 9027282110 9789027230157 9027230153 1283234068 9781283234061 9786613234063 6613234060 |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |