A Grammar of Mavea: An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu

by Valerie Guerin

Spoken on Mavea Island by approximately 32 people, Mavea is an endangered Oceanic language of Vanuatu. This work provides grammatical descriptions of this hitherto undescribed language. Fourteen chapters, containing more than 1,400 examples, cover topics in the phonology and morphosyntax of Mavea, with an emphasis on the latter. Of particular interest are examples of individual speaker variation presented throughout the grammar; the presence of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824836391
• ISBN13: 9780824836399
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"