The Manambu language of East Sepik, Papua New Guinea

Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U︡. (Aleksandra I͡U︡rʹevna) (Author). Yuamali Ala, Jacklyn. (Added Author). Luma Laki, Pauline Agnes. (Added Author).

Summary: This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. The book is based entirely on the author's fieldwork. - ;This book presents the first comprehensive description of the Manambu language of Papua New Guinea. Manambu belongs to the Ndu language family, and is spoken by about 2,500 people in five villages: Avatip, Yawabak, Malu, Apa:n, and Yambon (Yuanab) in East Sepik Province, Ambunti district. About 200-400.

Record details

ISBN: 9780191561665 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0191561665 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780199539819
ISBN: 0199539812
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxv, 702 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill., map.
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:jan.10.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [679]-687) and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Plates; List of Charts, Schemes, and Tables; Organization and Cross-references; Abbreviations and Conventions; Map 1. Location of Manambu villages; 1 Introduction: The Language and its Speakers; 2 Phonology; 3 Grammatical Relations; 4 Word Classes; 5 Gender Marking, Semantics, and Agreement; 6 Number; 7 Case Marking; 8 Possession; 9 Derivation and Compounding; 10 Closed Classes; 11 Predicate Structure and Verb Root Types; 12 Verbal Categories in Positive Declarative and Interrogative Clauses; 13 Mood and Modality; 14 Negation; 15 Verb Compounding
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.