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A Grammar of Sawu

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Walker, Alan T.

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A description is given of the Sawu language spoken on Sawu Island, Indonesia. Detailed discussions are provided of phonology & word classes. Syntactic components discussed include noun phrase constituents, verbs, excess adverbs, & particles. Several other syntactic components are described: interrogative, imperative, & reflexive clauses; negation; coordination; comparison; complementation; & word order. Comparisons are made with the Ndao language spoken on an island approximately 90 kilometers...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorWalker, Alan T.
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-20T01:36:18Z
dc.date.available2016-12-20T01:36:18Z
dc.identifier.issn0126-2874
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/111434
dc.description.abstractA description is given of the Sawu language spoken on Sawu Island, Indonesia. Detailed discussions are provided of phonology & word classes. Syntactic components discussed include noun phrase constituents, verbs, excess adverbs, & particles. Several other syntactic components are described: interrogative, imperative, & reflexive clauses; negation; coordination; comparison; complementation; & word order. Comparisons are made with the Ndao language spoken on an island approximately 90 kilometers from Sawu. Examination of the data indicates that these are two distinct languages, rather than dialects of one language. 17 Tables, 2 Maps, 68 References. B. Annesser Murray
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.publisherBadan Penyelenggara Seri Nusa, Universitas Atma Jaya
dc.rights© The Publisher & the Author
dc.sourceNUSA: Linguistic Studies in Indonesian and languages in Indonesia
dc.subjectSyntax (sy3)
dc.subjectSawu (Indonesian) language description
dc.subjectsyntactic components
dc.subjectDescriptive Linguistics (de8)
dc.subjectPhonology (ph13)
dc.subjectAustronesian Languages (au10)
dc.subjectNdao compared
dc.subjectlanguage vs dialect distinction questioned
dc.titleA Grammar of Sawu
dc.typeBook
local.identifier.citationvolume13
dc.date.issued1982
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage75
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