| An Erromangan (Sye) Grammar Contributor(s): Crowley, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824819357 ISBN-13: 9780824819354 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This volume presents a description of the language that is currently spoken on the island of Erromango, in southern Vanuatu in the southwestern part of the Pacific. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Oceanic & Australian Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | Miscellaneous |
| Dewey: 499.5 |
| LCCN: 97-40792 |
| Series: Oceanic Linguistics Special Publications |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.02" W x 8.98" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The languages of southern Vanuatu are structurally different from other Oceanic languages. Sye has an unusually complex morphological system and it offers a number of typological surprises for Oceanic linguists. It differs syntactically from many other Oceanic languages of Melanesia in that it does not have widespread verb serialization, though it, along with the other languages of southern Vanuatu, has developed what can be referred to as a system of echo verbs. This volume describes Sye's phonology and morphosyntax in terms that are intended to be accessible to followers of a variety of linguistic theories, with considerable exemplification of points to allow linguists to reanalyze data according to their own theoretical interests. |