dc.contributor.author
Berghäll, Liisa
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T07:24:35Z
dc.date.available
2015-10-28T08:10:40.697Z
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-946234-28-9 (Hardcover)
dc.identifier.isbn
978-3-944675-54-1 (Softcover)
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/17890
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-21610
dc.description.abstract
This grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a
Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about 2000 speakers on the north
coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is the first book-length
treatment of the Mauwake language and the only published grammar of the Kumil
subgroup to date. Relying on other existing published and unpublished
grammars, the author shows how the language is similar to, or different from,
related TNG languages especially in the Madang province. The grammar gives a
brief introduction to the Mauwake people, their environment and their culture.
Although the book mainly covers morphology and syntax, it also includes ashort
treatment of the phonological system and the orthography. The description of
the grammatical units proceeds from the words/morphology to the phrases,
clauses, sentence types and clause combinations. The chapter on functional
domains is the only one where the organization is based on meaning/function
rather than structure. The longest chapter in the book is on morphology, with
verbs taking the central stage. The final chapter deals with the pragmatic
functions theme, topic and focus. 13 texts by native speakers, mostly recorded
and transcribed but some originally written, are included in the Appendix with
morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and a free translation. The theoretical approach
used is that of Basic Linguistic Theory. Language typologists and professional
Papuanist linguists are naturally one target audience for the grammar. But
also two other possible, and important, audiences influenced especially the
style the writing: well educated Mauwake speakers interested in their
language, and those other Papua New Guineans who have some basic training in
linguistics and are keen to explore their own languages.
en
dc.format.extent
XIV, 499 S.
dc.relation.ispartofseries
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000201-2
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::410 Linguistik
dc.title
A grammar of Mauwake
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.17169/LANGSCI.B67.96
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.originalpublishername
Language Science Press
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
http://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/sidl
refubium.affiliation
Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften
de
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie
refubium.mycore.fudocsId
FUDOCS_document_000000023360
refubium.series.issueNumber
4
refubium.series.name
Studies in Diversity Linguistics
refubium.mycore.derivateId
FUDOCS_derivate_000000005588
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dc.identifier.eisbn
978-3-946234-27-2