The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition

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Monograph - The Australian National University, Canberra, 2013 - xl + 845 p.This is a revised edition of the 2009 The Austronesian languages, which was publishedas a paperback in the then Pacific Linguistics series (ISBN 9780858836020). Thisrevision includes typographical corrections, an improved index, and various minorcontent changes. The release of the open access edition serves to meet the strongongoing demand for this important handbook, of which only 200 copies of the firstedition were printed.This is the first single-authored book that attempts to describe the Austronesianlanguage family in its entirety. Topics covered include: the physical and culturalbackground, official and national languages, largest and smallest languages in allmajor geographical regions, language contact, sound systems, linguistic palaeontology,morphology, syntax, the history of scholarship on Austronesian languages, and acritical assessment of the reconstruction of Proto Austronesian phonology.Robert Blust is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University ofHawaii. He has authored over 200 publications, mostly in the field of Austronesiancomparative linguistics, but with forays into linguistically-guided ethnology.Краткое содержание:PrefaceThe Austronesian WorldA Bird's Eye View of the Austronesian Language FamilyLanguage in SocietySound SystemsThe LexiconMorphologySyntaxReconstructionSound ChangeClassificationThe World of Austronesian Scholarship