A Survey Of New Guinea Languages

Author: A. Capell

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ISBN : 2471712803834
Publisher : Sydney University Press
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VG. Light fading shine, minor tear on the dust jacket. Inscription to the front endpaper.

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Fine study of the many different languages of New Guinea. It has often been said that New Guinea is a linguistic Babel. A fresh language seems to be found every few miles and often to be totally unlike its neighbour. This fascinating book is to show how this babel may be de-babelized with the help of modern methods of linguistic analysis and to undertake a two-fold task - one practical and one theoretical.

Includes Appendices, Bibliographies, maps. Comprehensive.

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