Studies in Austronesian Linguistics

by Richard Mcginn

This volume consists of seventeen articles by scholars including Robert Blust, Paul Hopper, A. L. Becker, Sarah Bell, J. C. Catford, Talmy Givón, J. W. M. Verharr and John U. Wolff. Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Chamorro, Malay, Old Malay, Javanese, Old Javanese, Indonesian, Niases, Loniu, and Niuean are some of the languages discussed in the study. The essays explore the issues of ergativity in Western Austronesian languages, historical morphology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896801373
• ISBN13: 9780896801370
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 8.5"