{"product_id":"the-oceanic-languages-paperback","title":"The Oceanic Languages - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lynch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Ross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTerry Crowley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Oceanic Languages form a closed subgroup within one of the world's largest language families, Austronesian. There are between 1000 and 1500 Austronesian languages (estimates vary), with so much structural diversity that they are best handled in two volumes, one on the Oceanic and one on the non-Oceanic Austronesian languages. This division is clear and the grammar sketches in this volume provide a cross-section through the structural diversity of the Oceanic languages which is not available elsewhere. Much of the material is drawn from data collected by the authors and has not been previously published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume contains five background chapters: The Oceanic Languages, Sociolinguistic Background, Typological Overview, Proto-Oceanic and Internal Subgrouping. In addition, the volume presents forty-three grammar sketches, selected from the five hundred Oceanic languages spread across a region embracing eastern Indonesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Lynch is an Emeritus Professor of Pacific Languages and the former Director of the Pacific Languages Unit at the University of the South Pacific in Port Vila, Vanuatu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Ross is Emeritus Professor at the Australian National University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry Crowley was a Professor at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 944\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 28, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736867115071,"sku":"9780415681551","price":225.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/808d521ab3db5ea4317b49c2b410cbad.webp?v=1765148121","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-oceanic-languages-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}