Language description, history and development : linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley /

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Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 512 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Creole language library, 0920-9026 ; v. 30
Creole language library ; v. 30.
Subject:Crowley, Terry.
Linguistics.
Philology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
Linguistics.
Philology.
Linguistik
Englische Pidginsprachen -- Melanesien.
Papuasprachen.
Polynesische Sprachen.
Linguistik -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Pazifik -- Sprachen.
Ozeanien -- Sprachen.
Australien -- Sprachen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11161036
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Other authors / contributors:Crowley, Terry.
Siegel, Jeff.
Lynch, John (John Dominic)
Eades, Diana, 1953-
ISBN:9789027292940
9027292949
1282155067
9781282155060
9789027252524
9027252521
9786612155062
661215506X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-502) and index.
English.
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Summary:This volume in memory of Terry Crowley covers a wide range of languages: Australian, Oceanic, Pidgins and Creoles, and varieties of English. Part I, Linguistic Description and Typology, includes chapters on topics such as complex predicates and verb serialization, noun incorporation, possessive classifiers, diphthongs, accent patterns, modals in Australian English and directional terms in atoll-based languages. Part II, Historical Linguistics and Linguistic History, ranges from the reconstruction of Australian languages, to reflexes of Proto-Oceanic, to the lexicon of early Melanesian Pidgin.
Other form:Print version: Language description, history and development. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2007