Tuvaluan - A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific. (Paperback)


Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.

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Tuvaluan is a Polynesian language spoken by the 9,000 inhabitants of the nine atolls of Tuvalu in the Central Pacific, as well as small and growing Tuvaluan communities in Fiji, New Zealand, and Australia. This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, one of the least well-documented languages of Polynesia. Tuvaluan pays particular attention to discourse and sociolinguistics factors at play in the structural organization of the language.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

Routledge

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Series

Descriptive Grammars

Release date

August 2016

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

2000

Authors

Dimensions

234 x 156mm (L x W)

Format

Paperback

Pages

688

ISBN-13

978-1-138-99393-8

Barcode

9781138993938

Categories

LSN

1-138-99393-X



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