Lynch: Pacific Languages: An Intro

by John Lynch

Book Overview

Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and descriptions of individual languages are available, until now there has been no single book that attempts a wide regional coverage for a general audience. Pacific Languages introduces readers to the grammatical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824818989
• ISBN13: 9780824818982
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"