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001			OTLid0000629
003			MnU
005			20201105133347.0
006			m o d s
008			181014s2015 mnu o 0 0 eng d
020			_a9783946234272
040			_aMnU _beng _cMnU
050		4	_aP51
100	1		_aBerghäll, Liisa _eauthor
245	0	2	_aA grammar of Mauwake _cLiisa Berghäll
264		2	_bOpen Textbook Library
264		1	_bLanguage Science Press
300			_a1 online resource
490	0		_aOpen textbook library.
505	0		_aChapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Phonology: a brief overview -- Chapter 3: Morphology -- Chapter 4: Phrase level syntax -- Chapter 5: Clause -- Chapter 6: Functional domains -- Chapter 7: Sentence types -- Chapter 8: Clause combinations -- Chapter 9: Theme, topic, and focus
520	0		_aThis grammar provides a synchronic grammatical description of Mauwake, a Papuan Trans-New Guinea (TNG) language of about 2000 speakers on the north coast of the Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It is the first book-length treatment of the Mauwake language and the only published grammar of the Kumil subgroup to date. Relying on other existing published and unpublished grammars, the author shows how the language is similar to, or different from, related TNG languages especially in the Madang province. The grammar gives a brief introduction to the Mauwake people, their environment and their culture. Although the book mainly covers morphology and syntax, it also includes ashort treatment of the phonological system and the orthography. The description of the grammatical units proceeds from the words/morphology to the phrases, clauses, sentence types and clause combinations. The chapter on functional domains is the only one where the organization is based on meaning/function rather than structure. The longest chapter in the book is on morphology, with verbs taking the central stage. The final chapter deals with the pragmatic functions theme, topic and focus. 13 texts by native speakers, mostly recorded and transcribed but some originally written, are included in the Appendix with morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and a free translation. The theoretical approach used is that of Basic Linguistic Theory. Language typologists and professional Papuanist linguists are naturally one target audience for the grammar. But also two other possible, and important, audiences influenced especially the style the writing: well educated Mauwake speakers interested in their language, and those other Papua New Guineans who have some basic training in linguistics and are keen to explore their own languages.
542	1		_fAttribution
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on print resource
650		0	_aLanguage and languages _vTextbooks
710	2		_aOpen Textbook Library _edistributor
856	4	0	_uhttps://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/629 _zAccess online version
999			_c19992 _d19992