Publication

2010 - De Gruyter Mouton, Berlin, Germany

Language

English

Word Count

135,000 words, Guess

Page Count

540 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-103110226065
  • ISBN-139783110226065
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010010874
  • OCLC Control Number574940684
  • Better World Books9783110226065
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC497/.4945
  • LCCPL6621.T49 K53 2010
  • LCCPL6621.T49K53 2010

Description

Teiwa is a non-Austronesian ('Papuan') language spoken on the island of Pantar, in eastern Indonesia. It has approx. 4,000 speakers and is highly endangered. The genetic relationship between the Alor-Pantar languages and other Papuan languages remains controversial. Located some 1,000 km from their putative Papuan neighbors on the New Guinea mainland, they are the most distant westerly Papuan outliers.This volumepresents a grammatical description of one of these 'outlier' languages. The grammar is based on primary field data, collected by the author in 2003-2007. A selection of glossed and translated Teiwa texts of various genres and word lists (Teiwa-English / English-Teiwa) are included.

Subjects

Topics

GrammarGrammatikPapuan languagesTewa language (Papuan)

Series Statement

  • Mouton grammar library -- 49

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