I'saka: A Sketch Grammar of a Language of North-Central New Guinea (Pacific Linguistics, 554)

Edité par The Australian National University, 2004

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131 pp., bibliography, index. I'saka, the language of 600-plus residents of Krisa village in north-central New Guinea, is a previously undescribed language of the Macro-Skou family, which spreads across the north coast of New Guinea from the Skou villages in the west to Sissano lagoon in the east. I'saka represents the earliest split from the protofamily, and so represents a valuable source of data for comparative work in northern New Guinea. The language is endangered, with many of the younger generation switching to Tok Pisin as their language of everyday communication, but I'saka remains the language of ethnic identity and is seen as emblematic of the uniqueness of the I'saka people. The grammar of I'saka is interesting for the general linguist as well as for the New Guinea specialist, since it displays many features, some possibly unique, which will prove challenging for modern theoretical and typological linguistics. Two independent suprasegmental tiers for tone and nasality, and a lack of contrastive segmental nasals, are rare phonological phenomena. Morphologically, the language displays a paradigm of agreement morphemes that agree with non-core arguments, while leaving, in most cases, the object of a transitive clause unmarked on the verb. Special agreement marking for questioned subjects is also an unusual feature of I'saka. This sketch includes discussion of the historical relationship between I'saka and other languages in the Macro-Skou family, as well as issues of language endangerment, language maintenance, and spheres of language use. There is also a word list and a selection of short texts illustrating many of the points covered in the grammatical description. 0.0.…

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Titre
I'saka: A Sketch Grammar of a Language of North-Central New Guinea (Pacific Linguistics, 554)
Auteur
Mark Donohue & Lila San Roque
Éditeur
The Australian National University
Année de publication
2004
État de l'article
Fine
Reliure
Soft cover
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Linguistics, Papua New Guinea

Masalai Press

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