Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Perspectives of Preposition Use: A Study of Indonesian Locatives

Djenar, Dwi Noverini

ISBN 10: 0858835665 / ISBN 13: 9780858835665

Published by Pacific Linguistics, 2007

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Trade paperback (US). 231 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. 0.0.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Semantic, Pragmatic, and Discourse Perspectives of Preposition Use: A Study of Indonesian Locatives
• Publisher: Pacific Linguistics
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0858835665
• ISBN 13: 9780858835665
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics
  • Indonesia

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Synopsis

This is one of four monographs on Malakula languages that Terry Crowley had been working on at the time of his sudden death in January 2005. One of the monographs, a vanishing language of Malakula (Vanuatu) , had been submitted to Pacific Linguistics a couple of weeks earlier. The remaining three, including the current volume, were in various stages of completion, and John Lynch was asked by the Board of Pacific Linguistics to prepare all four for publication, both as a memorial to Terry and because of the valuable data they contain. Nese (also meaning ‘what') is the name of the language variety that was traditionally spoken along the northwestern coast of Malakula, Vanuatu (see Map 1) in the area commonly referred to as Matanvat, from the modern village of Lerrongrrong in the north to Tontarrasak in the south, and inland for four or five kilometres. Its traditional southerly neighbour is Najit, spoken in the area of Tanmial, while to the northeast along the coast is the traditional area of the Naha (‘what') speech community, a variety of which is now spoken in the village of Vovo . A further variety—for which no name has yet been recorded—is associated with the Alovas area further to the east along the northern coast of Malakula. Finally, a variety known as Njav originates from the area inland from Tanmial to the east and south of Alovas, though its speakers have relocated to the small village of Tanmaliliv in the Espiegles Bay area.