Essays about: "Austronesian languages"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Austronesian languages.

1. 1. So close and yet so different: Reconstructing the phonological history of three Southern New Caledonian languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : William Zetterberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Historical linguistics; Comparative method; Reconstruction; Sound change; Phonology; Austronesian; Oceanic; Contact linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the phonological history of three languages spoken in southern New Caledonia: Aji�, T�r�, and X�r�c��. New Caledonia is an overseas special collectivity of France, located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, which is home to a remarkable linguistic diversity, with around 28 distinct indigenous languages varieties spoken today. READ MORE

3. 2. Rembong-Wangka : Its position among the Manggaraic languages, some formative elements and adnominal possession

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Leif Asplund; [2020]
   Keywords : Rembong-Wangka; Manggaraic; Flores; enclitics; possession; etymology; rembong-wangka; manggaraiska; Flores; enklitikor; ägande; etymologi;

   Abstract : Rembong-Wangka is an Austronesian language, which together with other little described languages, belongs to the Manggaraic subgroup of Austronesian. One aim is to present information about them, as well as other languages in the area, drawn from not readily accessible sources, including archival material, and information collected by the author in Flores. READ MORE

4. 3. NOT YET-Constructions in the Swedish Skellefteå Dialect

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Jill Zachrisson; [2020]
   Keywords : Nondum; Phasal Polarity; speaker expectations; Westrobothnian; Swedish;

   Abstract : Expressions such as not yet, already, still and no longer belong to a category called Phasal Polarity (Phasal Polarity), and express phase, polarity and speaker expectations. In European languages, these often appear as phasal adverbs. READ MORE

5. 4. Selected topics in the phonology and morphosyntaxof Laboya : A field study

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

   Author : Allahverdi Verdizade; [2019]
   Keywords : Austronesian languages; Indonesia; Sumba; Laboya; Lamboya; clitics; Austronesiska språk; Indonesien; Sumba; Laboja; Lamboja; klitikor; Bahasa Austronesia; Indonesia; Sumba; Lamboya; Laboya; klitik;

   Abstract : The present study investigates selected topics in the phonology and morpho-syntax of Laboya, a largely undescribed Austronesian language of Sumba island in eastern Indonesia. The study was carried out during nine weeks of field work. The language data is comprised by collected questionnaires and free narratives. READ MORE

6. 5. A grammar sketch of North Tanna

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Kristin Sverredal; [2018]
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   Abstract : This master's thesis is a sketch grammar of the Austronesian North Tanna language of Vanuatu. The analysis is based on translations of a North Tanna and English version of the New Testament. This work is also an evaluation and experiment of using Bible translation as a primary source for investigating the grammatical features of a language. READ MORE