The Austronesian languages

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2013

Authors

Blust, Robert

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Asia-Pacific Linguistics, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University

Abstract

This is a revised edition of the 2009 The Austronesian languages, which was published as a paperback in the then Pacific Linguistics series (ISBN 9780858836020). This revision includes typographical corrections, an improved index, and various minor content changes. The release of the open access edition serves to meet the strong ongoing demand for this important handbook, of which only 200 copies of the first edition were printed. This is the first single-authored book that attempts to describe the Austronesian language family in its entirety. Topics covered include: the physical and cultural background, official and national languages, largest and smallest languages in all major geographical regions, language contact, sound systems, linguistic palaeontology, morphology, syntax, the history of scholarship on Austronesian languages, and a critical assessment of the reconstruction of Proto Austronesian phonology.

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Austronesian languages, linguistics

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Book

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Open Access

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Released under Creative Commons License (Attribution 4.0 International)

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