Spices from the East:
Papers in languages of Eastern Indonesia
Grimes, Charles E. Grimes
(ed.)
PL 503
The volume contains original
data and modern analyses from a number of poorly documented
CMP languages of central and southern Maluku, as well a one
WMP language of SE Sulawesi. The introduction by Charles E.
Grimes 'New information filling old gaps in eastern Indonesia'
addresses the theoretical and descriptive significance of
each paper, as well as the general state of the classification
of languages in the region. Papers are by David F. Coward
and Naomi E. Coward (A phonological sketch of the Selaru language),
Mark Donohue (Tukang Besi dialectology), Charles E. Grimes
(Defining speech communities on Buru Island: a look at both
linguistic and non-linguistic factors), Bryan Hinton (The
languages of Wetar: recent survey results and word lists,
with notes on Tugun grammar), Jock Hughes (The morphology
of Dobel, Aru, with special reference to reduplication), and
Craig Marshall (A phonology of Fordata).
2000
ISBN 0 85883 460 X
ixi + 235 pp.
Prices: Australia AUD$69.30
(incl. GST) Overseas AUD$63.00
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