The Korowai of Irian Jaya their language in its cultural context

Enk, Gerrit J. van. (Author). Vries, Lourens de. (Added Author).

Summary: A compilation of basic linguistic and anthropological information about a tribe in Irian Jaya (the western half of New Guinea). Untouched by the modern world, they are threatened by the larger Indonesian society. This work systematically examines their language, oral literature and ethnography.

Record details

ISBN: 1423759230 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9781423759232 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1602561257
ISBN: 9781602561250
ISBN: 0195105516 (Cloth)
ISBN: 9780195105513
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 321 p.) : ill., maps.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. CatBulkString:jan.10.13
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-302) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Abbreviations and Symbols; Map 1 Irian Jaya with inset of the Korowai area; Map 2 Korowai area; Map 3 Languages of the Korowai area; Map 4 Korowai clan territories; 1 The Korowai People; 2 Korowai Phonemes and Morphophonemics; 3 Morphology; 4 Patterns of Coherence; 5 Korowai Kinship Terminology; 6 Korowai Texts; Appendix 1 Korowai-Kombai Basic Lexical Items; Appendix 2 Vocabulary; Appendix 3 Indonesian Loanwords; Appendix 4 Korowai Inhabitants of desa Yaniruma and desa Manggél; Appendix 5 References to the Korowai in the Magazine Tot aan de einden der aarde; Notes; References; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.