The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition

✍ Scribed by Robert Blust

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✦ Synopsis

Monograph - The Australian National University, Canberra, 2013 - xl + 845 p.

This is a revised edition of the 2009 The Austronesian languages, which was published
as a paperback in the then Pacific Linguistics series (ISBN 9780858836020). This
revision includes typographical corrections, an improved index, and various minor
content changes. The release of the open access edition serves to meet the strong
ongoing demand for this important handbook, of which only 200 copies of the first
edition were printed.
This is the first single-authored book that attempts to describe the Austronesian
language family in its entirety. Topics covered include: the physical and cultural
background, official and national languages, largest and smallest languages in all
major geographical regions, language contact, sound systems, linguistic palaeontology,
morphology, syntax, the history of scholarship on Austronesian languages, and a
critical assessment of the reconstruction of Proto Austronesian phonology.
Robert Blust is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of
Hawaii. He has authored over 200 publications, mostly in the field of Austronesian
comparative linguistics, but with forays into linguistically-guided ethnology.

Краткое содержание:

Preface
The Austronesian World
A Bird's Eye View of the Austronesian Language Family
Language in Society
Sound Systems
The Lexicon
Morphology
Syntax
Reconstruction
Sound Change
Classification
The World of Austronesian Scholarship

✦ Subjects

Языки и языкознание;Австронезийские языки