A Sketch Grammar of Kopar: A Language of New Guinea

by Foley and William A.

Kopar is a very moribund, close to extinct, language spoken in three villages at the mouth of the Sepik River in Papua New Guinea. This is the only description of the language available. It also discusses areas where rapid language shift is affecting the structure of Kopar.

Although the period of fieldwork was necessarily short, this book provides as comprehensive a description as possible of the grammatical structure of this complex...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110791188
• ISBN13: 9783110791181
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"