Maori

Informationen zum Autor Winifred Bauer Klappentext Maori, an Eastern Polynesian language, is the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. With few inflections and the array of grammatical particles characteristic of the Polynesian family, it is readily approachable by the unfamiliar linguist. However, despite recent attempts to revive it, it is presently under threat. It seems likely that the Maori of the future, if it survives, will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past. ""Maori provides the first comprehensive description of the structure of the language, covering syntax, morphology and phonology. It is based on written narrative texts and data elicited from older native-speaking consultants, but includes many comments on the changes in usage currently observable. This discussion, which is illustrated with a wealth of examples, will interest both linguistic theoreticians and descriptive linguists, including language typologists and those interested in the history of the Polynesian-language family. It is also a valuable resource for the study and resuscitation of the Maori language. Zusammenfassung This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Today, the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past. Winifred Bauer offers a wide-ranging and detailed description of the structure of the language, covering syntax, morphology and phonology. Based upon narrative texts and data elicited from older native-speaking consultants and illustrated with a wealth of examples the book will be of interest to both linguistic theoreticians and descriptive linguists, including language typologists. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Syntax; 2: Morphology; 3: Phonology; 4: Ideophones and Interjections; 5: Lexicon

Autorentext
Winifred Bauer

Klappentext
Maori, an Eastern Polynesian language, is the language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. With few inflections and the array of grammatical particles characteristic of the Polynesian family, it is readily approachable by the unfamiliar linguist. However, despite recent attempts to revive it, it is presently under threat. It seems likely that the Maori of the future, if it survives, will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past.
""Maori provides the first comprehensive description of the structure of the language, covering syntax, morphology and phonology. It is based on written narrative texts and data elicited from older native-speaking consultants, but includes many comments on the changes in usage currently observable. This discussion, which is illustrated with a wealth of examples, will interest both linguistic theoreticians and descriptive linguists, including language typologists and those interested in the history of the Polynesian-language family. It is also a valuable resource for the study and resuscitation of the Maori language.

Zusammenfassung
This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Today, the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past.
Winifred Bauer offers a wide-ranging and detailed description of the structure of the language, covering syntax, morphology and phonology. Based upon narrative texts and data elicited from older native-speaking consultants and illustrated with a wealth of examples the book will be of interest to both linguistic theoreticians and descriptive linguists, including language typologists.

Inhalt
1: Syntax; 2: Morphology; 3: Phonology; 4: Ideophones and Interjections; 5: Lexicon

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