A Dictionary Of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots Submorphemes

Author : Robert Blust
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110781778
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) written by Robert Blust and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents an understudied phenomenon in Austronesian languages, namely the existence of recurrent submorphemic sound-meaning associations of the general form -CVC. It fills a critical gap in scholarship on these languages by bringing together a large body of data in one place, and by discussing some of the theoretical issues that arise in analyzing this data. Following an introduction which presents the topic, it includes a critical review of the relevant literature over the past century, and discussions of the following: 1. problems in finding the root (the "needle in the haystack" problem), 2. root ambiguity, 3. controls on chance as an interfering factor, 4. unrecognized morphology as a possible factor in duplicating evidence, 5. the shape/structure of the root, 6. referents of roots, 7. the origin of roots, 8. the problem of distinguishing false cognates produced by convergence in root-bearing morphemes from legitimate comparisons resulting from divergent descent, and 9. the problem of explaining how submorphemes are transmitted across generations of speakers independently of the morphemes that host them. The remainder of the book consists of a list of sources for the 197 languages from which data is drawn, followed by the roots with supporting evidence, a short appendix, and references.

Author : Robert Blust
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110781697
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Austronesian Monosyllabic Roots (Submorphemes) written by Robert Blust and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents an understudied phenomenon in Austronesian languages, namely the existence of recurrent submorphemic sound-meaning associations of the general form -CVC. It fills a critical gap in scholarship on these languages by bringing together a large body of data in one place, and by discussing some of the theoretical issues that arise in analyzing this data. Following an introduction which presents the topic, it includes a critical review of the relevant literature over the past century, and discussions of the following: 1. problems in finding the root (the "needle in the haystack" problem), 2. root ambiguity, 3. controls on chance as an interfering factor, 4. unrecognized morphology as a possible factor in duplicating evidence, 5. the shape/structure of the root, 6. referents of roots, 7. the origin of roots, 8. the problem of distinguishing false cognates produced by convergence in root-bearing morphemes from legitimate comparisons resulting from divergent descent, and 9. the problem of explaining how submorphemes are transmitted across generations of speakers independently of the morphemes that host them. The remainder of the book consists of a list of sources for the 197 languages from which data is drawn, followed by the roots with supporting evidence, a short appendix, and references.

Author : Lívia Körtvélyessy
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3111053377
Total Pages : 1351 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Onomatopoeia in the World’s Languages written by Lívia Körtvélyessy and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 1351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the very first publication mapping onomatopoeia in the languages of the world. The publication provides a comprehensive, multi-level description of onomatopoeia in the world’s languages. The sample covers six macro-areas defined in the WALS: Euroasia, Africa, South America, North America, Australia, Papunesia. Each language-descriptive chapter specifies phonological, morphological, word-formation, semantic, and syntactic properties of onomatopoeia in the particular language. Furthermore, it provides information about the approach to onomatopoeia in individual linguistic traditions, the sources of data on onomatopoeia, the place and the function of onomatopoeia in the system of each language.

Author : R. A. Blust
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 902723020X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Austronesian Root Theory written by R. A. Blust and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1988 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the pioneering analyses of Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942) a quasi-morphological element called the 'root' has been recognized in Austronesian linguistics. This monograph confronts many of the methodological and substantive issues raised but never fully resolved by Brandstetter. In an effort to reassess the value of his work for contemporary linguistics the author examines Brandstetter's methods and results, and applies a modified from of this approach to new material. The study establishes 230 roots based on more than 2,560 root tokens in some 117 languages. It is thus intended to serve as a rudimentary root dictionary and a basic handbook on the subject of the root for future scholars of Austronesian.

Author : E. M. Kempler Cohen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fundaments of Austronesian Roots and Etymology written by E. M. Kempler Cohen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110884011
Total Pages : 3564 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Austronesian Dictionary written by Darrell T. Tryon and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 3564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.

Author : Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783110127294
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Austronesian Dictionary written by Darrell T. Tryon and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Terry Crowley
Publisher : Department of Linguistics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Paamese written by Terry Crowley and published by Department of Linguistics. This book was released on 1992 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : R. A. Blust
Publisher : Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Austronesian Languages written by R. A. Blust and published by Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu. This book was released on 2009 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pavol Štekauer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 052176534X
Total Pages : 391 pages
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Download or read book Word-Formation in the World's Languages written by Pavol Štekauer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fills a gap in cross-linguistic research by being the first systematic survey of the word-formation of the world's languages. Data from fifty-five world languages reveals associations between word-formation processes in genetically and geographically distinct languages.