Thieberger presents the first grammatical description of the language of Central Vanuatu, spoken in Erakor village on the outskirts of Port Vila. It has been classified as the southernmost member of t
Following on the success of the first volume, Ho'opilipili 'Olelo II provides Hawaiian language learners of all levels with an entertaining new array of puzzles. Crossword puzzles, change-a-letter puz
This second edition of Georgian: A Learner's Grammar is a completely revised and updated guide to the fascinating and most widely spoken language of the Caucasus. Presenting the language in the form o
Originally published in German in 1939 as Grammatik der Jabem- Sprach auf Neuguinea (Friederichsen de Gruyter & Co.), Dempwolff's (1871-1938) work appears here in English, translated by Joel Brads
Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible respect
Students familiar with Precy Espiritu's widely used beginning language text Let's Speak Ilokano will welcome Intermediate Hokano. Each of the twelve lessons consists of eight major components: reading
Knowing a few simple phrases of Malay opens up an entirely new, more fulfilling travel experience. Malaysians love it if you can communicate in their language and in only a few short hours this book a
This book discusses three linguistic projects carried out in the seventeenth century: the artificial languages created by Dalgamo and Wilkins, and Leibniz's uncompleted scheme. It treats each of the p
The best available primer in the grammar of the Hawaiian language. Its introduction to the structure and idiosyncrasies of the language offers an opportunity to study the genuine, uncorrupted idiom as
Komike Huaolelo (Hawaiian Lexicon Committee) was established in 1987 to create Hawaiian words for modern concepts and material culture. This dictionary adds to the Committee's 1998 edition some 1,000
Drawing on introductory courses in Sumerian he taught for many years, Edzard (emeritus, Assyriology, Munich U.) commences his descriptive grammar of the general characteristics and specific features o
Lavukaleve is a Papuan Language spoken on the Russell Islands in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands. The phonology and morpho-phonology of Lavukaleve are described, as well as arguments adjun
As the only surviving pre-Indo-European language of western Europe, Basque has often attracted the interest of linguists. Whereas, traditionally, descriptive work on Basque has primarily focused on mo
This book describes the diversity of serial verb constructions within Oceanic languages. Serial verb constructions are sequences of verbs placed one after another to express meanings which in other la
Tagalog, also known as Pilipino, is the national language of the Philippines and has over 17 million speakers worldwide. Now expanded and completely updated, this best-selling reference is designed fo
