: Greg Mellow
: A Dictionary of Owa A Language of the Solomon Islands
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9781614513612
: Pacific Linguistics [PL]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.80
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: Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft
: English
: 838
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The Solomon Islands has a rich linguistic heritage of over 60 languages, many of which have not been described in detail. This first dictionary of Owa, a South East Solomonic Language, contains over 3900 entries, which are typically illustrated with examples of natural language. An overview of the phonology, morphology, and syntax is supplemented by notes on discourse features.


Greg Mellow, SIL International, Melbourne, Australia.

Content5
Acknowledgements9
Purpose and Compilation Method10
Owa People and Language11
Dictionary Layout12
Abbreviations14
Word Classes15
Alphabetical Order17
Grammar Sketch19
1 Phonology20
2 Nouns24
3 Noun Phrases59
4 Verbs71
5 Verb Phrases82
6 Clause Structure88
7 Sentences101
8 Discourse111
9 Bibliography124
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125124
A – a125
B – b183
E – e183
F – f185
G – g253
H – h282
I – i282
J – j286
K – k286
L – l315
M – m315
N – n379
NG391
O – o399
P – p409
Q – q432
R – r458
S – s502
T – t524
U – u574
W – w578
578
578
598578
Owa Words Sorted by Semantic Domain725