基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2005.
Full Description
Some 800 Austronesian languages are spoken in the area extending from Madagascar to eastern Indonesia and to the north to Taiwan and the Philippines. They vary greatly in almost every possible respect, including the size and social make-up of the speech communities and their typological profiles. This book is designed to serve as a reference work and in-depth introduction to these languages, providing a source of basic information for linguists and other professionals concerned with this area. It highlights the cultural and linguistic diversity of this group of languages while at the same time keeping track of their common heritage.
Five introductory articles on linguistic history, language politics, language endangerment, ritual speech and special registers, and major typological features have the entire area in their scope and provide a balanced and up-to-date discussion of the major issues. The core of the volume consists of grammatical sketches of twenty languages plus three chapters dealing with different aspects of Malay (Old Malay, Malayic varieties and Colloquial Indonesian), representing a good cross-section of the linguistic diversity found in the area.
Contents
1. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: A historical perspective - K. Alexander Adelaar 2. Language shift and endangerment - Margaret Florey 3. Colonial history and language policy in Insular Southeast Asia and Madagascar - Hein Steinhauer 4. Ritual languages, special registers and speech decorum in Austronesian languages - James J. Fox 5. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar: Typological characteristics - Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 6. Old Malay - Waruno Mahdi 7. Structural Diversity in the Malayic subgroup - K. Alexander Adelaar 8. Colloquial Indonesian - Michael C. Ewing 9. Tsou - Elizabeth Zeitoun 10. Seediq - Naomi Tsukida 11. IIoko - Carl Rubino 12. Tagalog - Nikolaus P. Himmelmann 13. Sama (Bajau) - Jun Akamine 14. Kimaragang - Paul Kroeger 15. Belait - Adrian Clynes 16. Malagasy - Janie Rasoloson & Carl Rubino 17. Phan Rang Cham - Graham Thurgood 18. Moken and Moklen - Michael D. Larish 19. Karo Batak - Geoff Woollams 20. Nias - Lea Brown 21. Javanese - Alexander K. Ogloblin 22. Buol - Erik Zobel 23. Makassar - Anthony Jukes 24. Mori Bawah - David Mead 25. Kambera - Marian Klamer 26. Tetun and Leti - Aone van Engelenhoven & Catharina Williams-van Klinken 27. Taba - John Bowden 28. Biak - Hein Steinhauer
