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Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Stu. 2005. Illustrated.. Trade paperback. Very good. light cover wear, small stain on outside fore edge. 271 p., bibliography. . A collection of papers dealing with issues in the 'Mainland Austronesian Languages', Chamic, Acehnese and Moken/Moklen-not a single genetic sub-grouping but a number of related languages that have undergone parallel typological restructuring away from their Austronesian heritage, converging on a type that places them on the southern periphery of the broader Mainland Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. In prehistoric times speakers of these languages migrated to the Asian mainland from insular Southeast Asia. Over many years of independent development plus prolonged contact with mainland languages, they have shifted typologically, particularly towards reduced word structure, increased phoneme inventory, and more isolating syntax. The emphasis of the papers is on historical change, particularly in respect of lexical…
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Chamic and Beyond: Studies in Mainland Austronesian Languages Hardcover - 2005
by Australian National University (Other)
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- Title Chamic and Beyond: Studies in Mainland Austronesian Languages
- Author Australian National University (Other)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Illustrated.
- Pages 271
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacifi
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780858835610 / 0858835614
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006373285
- Dewey Decimal Code 499
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Chamic and Beyond: Studies in Mainland Austronesian Languages (Pacific Linguistics 569)
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