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Bishop Patteson. He brought to the philological study of the Melanesian languages an extraordinary linguistic faculty, which enabled him to use very many of them with ease, but he left little behind him in print or in manuscript. In the year 1864 he printed privately some outline grammars or grammatical notes, and in 1866 phrase-books, and Vocabularies of Mahaga, Bauro, and Sesake, which have furnished material for the Melanesischen Sprachen of Von der Gabelentz. In the latter year also phrase-books were printed in some of the languages of the Banks I slands. I have not taken these as the foundation for my own work. I never had the advantage of studying them with Bishop Patteson, and I know that he considered them imperfect and tentative. It seemed better to work independently on materials obtained directly from natives of Melanesia, and afterwards to compare my conclusions with those of the Bishop where the subjects were the same. Bishop Patteson, therefore, is not answerable for the general views concerning the Melanesian languages here put forward, nor for the structure and arrangement of the Grammars; but I can never forget that I owe any knowledge of these languages that I may possess to the impulse towards the study of them and to the direction which I received from him in the first instance; and I desire to make all that I have been able to do a memorial of gratitude and aficction to him.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book presents a detailed study of the Melanesian languages, which are indigenous to the vast Melanesian archipelago stretching from New Guinea to Fiji. The author's investigations, conducted over many years, cover the majority of these languages, with particular attention to those of the New Hebrides, the Solomon Islands, and the Banks Islands. Drawing on a database of 70 words used in 40 Melanesian languages, as well as detailed grammatical and phonological analysis, the book argues that the Melanesian languages constitute a homogeneous group, a branch of the wider 'Oceanic' family that includes the Polynesian and Malayo-Polynesian languages. After a discussion of the historical and geographical context of the languages, the author explores various features of their grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, noting their commonalities as well as regional divergences. The book provides a comprehensive and valuable resource for linguists, anthropologists, historians, and anyone interested in the indigenous languages and cultures of the Melanesian region. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330394793_0
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