Essays about: "Austronesian"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word Austronesian.

1. 6. 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

3. 7. A grammar sketch of North Tanna

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Kristin Sverredal; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   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

4. 8. She seldoms to what? An investigation into adverbial verbs and interrogative verbs in verb-initial languages

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

   Author : Victor Bogren Svensson; [2017]
   Keywords : Adverbial verbs; interrogative verbs; verb-initial languages; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Adverbial verbs and interrogative verbs are two relatively rare and underexplored linguistic phenomena that are investigated in this typological study. Adverbial verbs are verbal constituents that possess the morphosyntactic properties of verbs but that encode manner and temporal information, instead of referring to states or events as verbs prototypically do. READ MORE

5. 9. Noun categorisation in North Halmahera

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Leif Asplund; [2015]
   Keywords : Noun categorisation; North Halmahera languages; numeral classifiers; numerals; gender.; Substantivkategorisering; Nord-Halmahera-språk; numeriska klassificerare; räkneord; genus.;

   Abstract : The languages spoken on northern Halmahera and surrounding small islands constitute a group of related ‘Papuan’ languages called North Halmahera. They are also, together with other Papuan and Austronesian languages, included in a proposed sprachbund which is called East Nusantara. READ MORE

6. 10. Japanese, Austronesian and Altaic : a study of possible connections

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Gunnar Holmberg; [2010]
   Keywords : Japanese; Austronesian; Altaic; Genetic relationship.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The question of the origin of Japanese is a mystery still unsolved, proven by the academic world teeming with various contradictory hypotheses. This thesis evaluates whether the Austronesian connection with Japanese is plausible in the face of the by amount of evidence much more firmly established Altaic-Japanese hypothesis, showing that measured by linguistic evidence there may be a connection to both. READ MORE