A Grammar of Bunaq

by Antoinette Schapper

Overview

This is a comprehensive grammar of the Papuan language Bunaq as spoken in the district of Lamaknen. Bunaq belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, which comprises the westernmost Papuan languages. Surrounded on all sides by Austronesian languages, Bunaq has developed in isolation from other members of the family, and as a result shows a range of unique morphosyntactic patterns. This grammar provides a detailed synchronic description of Bunaq based on a functional-typological approach. Following additional fieldwork and containing new material and analyses, this book is a thoroughly revised version of the author’s 2010 PhD thesis, which won the Pāṇini Award of the Association for Linguistic Typology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110761375
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	07/05/2022
Series:	Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , #86
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	621
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Antoinette Schapper, Lacito-CNRS, Paris, France.