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Pacific Linguistics Shorter Grammars provides
a publication outlet for language descriptions from the region
which are shorter than the usual reference grammar but substantial
enough to be useful to linguists and others. It is also a
place where descriptive materials on endangered languages
can be published.
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A grammar of Pacoh: A Mon-Khmer language of the central highlands of Vietnam
Mark J. Alves
PL 580 (Shorter Grammar)
2006 ISBN 0 85883568 1
Prices: Australia AUD $37.95 (incl. GST), Overseas AUD $34.50
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 A descriptive grammar of Merei ( Vanuatu )
Ying Shing Anthony CHUNG
PL 573 (Shorter Grammars)
The Merei language is spoken by about four hundred people in the villages of Angoru, Navele, Tombet and Vusvogo in the interior of Espiritu Santo Island , Vanuatu .
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short grammar of Inanwatan, an endangered language of the
Bird's Head of Papua, Indonesia. Lourens
de Vries
PL 560
This short grammar documents
the Inanwatan language, an endangered language of the Bird's
Head of West Papua (Indonesia). It deals with major patterns
of phonology, morphology and syntax of Inanwatan. It also
contains a vocabulary, extensive texts and materials from
a linguistic survey of the Inanwatan district.
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Dili Tetun: a grammar
of an East Timorese language
Catharina Williams-van Klinken, John Hajek,
Rachel Nordlinger
Tetun Dili is spoken as a first language
in Dili, East Timor. It is also spoken as a lingua franca
throughout much of this fledgling nation, and is set to become
its national language.
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Dharumbal: The language
of Rockhampton, Australia
Angela Terrill
Dharumbal is the language associated with
the area around Rockhampton, in eastern Queensland. Structurally,
Dharumbal is in many ways typical of what are generally known
as Pama-Nyungan languages.
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 I'saka: A sketch
grammar of a language of north-central New Guinea
by Mark Donohue and Lila
San Roque.
I'saka, the language of
600-plus residents of Krisa village in north-central New Guinea,
is a previously undescribed language of the Macro-Skou family,
which spreads across the north coast of New Guinea from the
Skou villages in the west to Sissano lagoon in the east. I'saka
represents the earliest split from the protofamily.
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A short morphology, phonology
and vocabulary of Kiput, Sarawak
Robert Blust.
Kiput is a member of the Berawan-Lower
Baram branch of the North Sarawak subgroup of Austronesian
languages, spoken by perhaps 450 people. The work provides
an overview of the synchronic morphology and phonology of
Kiput, an accurate vocabulary, and several hundred sentences.
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The Australian National University
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AUSTRALIA
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April 23, 2007
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