A Grammar of Bunaq

By Antoinette Schapper

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive grammar of the Papuan language Bunaq as spoken in the district of Lamaknen. Bunaq belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, which comprises the westernmost Papuan languages. Surrounded on all sides by Austronesian languages, Bunaq has developed in isolation from other members of the family, and as a result shows a range of unique morphosyntactic patterns. This grammar provides a detailed synchronic description of Bunaq based on a functional-typological approach. Following additional fieldwork and containing new material and analyses, this book is a thoroughly revised version of the author's 2010 PhD thesis, which won the Pāṇini Award of the Association for Linguistic Typology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110714507
• ISBN13: 9783110714500
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 621 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary