Essays about: "Papuan languages"

Found 4 essays containing the words Papuan languages.

  1. 1. A Grammar Sketch of Owininga

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Hannes Lundgren Burman; [2024]
    Keywords : Linguistics; Owininga; Owiniga; owin1240; owi; Papua New Guinea; Papuan languages; grammar sketch; language description;

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  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Grammatical gender in New Guinea

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2015]
    Keywords : agreement; grammatical gender; indexation; New Guinea; Papuan languages; typology; grammatiskt genus; indexering; kongruens; Nya Guinea; papuanska språk; typologi;

    Abstract : The present study investigates the gender systems of 20 languages in the New Guinea region, an often overlooked area in typological research. The languages were classified with five criteria used by Di Garbo (2014) to classify gender systems of African languages. READ MORE

  5. 4. Selected Topics in the Grammar of Nalca

    University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Erik Svärd; [2013]
    Keywords : grammar; Mek languages; Nalca; New Guinea; New Testament; Papuan languages; parallel text; grammatik; Irian Jaya; mek; nalca; Nya Guinea; Nya Testamentet; papuanska språk; parallelltext;

    Abstract : The present study analyzes a selection of topics in the grammar of Nalca (Mek language; Papua), with a focus on verbs and nominals. No published grammar or dictionary is available for Nalca, but a translation of the New Testament was used as a parallel text. READ MORE