SubjectsLinguistics / Languages of Trans-New Guinea

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Structures and their Functions in Usan

Ger P. Reesink

Usan is a Papuan language. In this monograph on the grammatical structures of Usan and their function the author shows the unique features of this language: how speakers can exploit certain principles for communicative purposes, how the language reflects their physical environment. Uniqueness can… read more
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 13] 1987. xviii, 369 pp.
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Hua: A Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea

John Haiman †

There is no country in the world where as many different languages are spoken as in New Guinea, approximately a fifth of the languages in the world. Most of these so-called Papuan languages seem to be unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere. The present work is the first truly comprehensive study… read more
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 5] 1980. lvii, 550 pp.
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