2004/11/25 by K Alexander Adelaar, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann · 4 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories #Language and cultural evolution #Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
paper · doi:10.4324/9780203821121
openalex publication_date 2004/11/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
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 a