Oceanic & Australian Languages

Haina ia mai ana ka puana. This familiar refrain, sometimes translated ""Let the echo of our song be heard,"" appears among the closing lines in many nineteenth-century chants and poems. From earliest times, the chanting of poetry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824802691Author Donald M. ToppingFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692404331Author M B DallocchioFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Desert InstitutePublisher Desert InstituteWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013289798Author Paulus KievitFormat HardbackPage Count 660Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013287770Author Angela KlugeFormat HardbackPage Count 764Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

The Ponapean-English Dictionary contains approximately 6,750 Ponapean to English entries. Each entry includes a headword, grammatical information, and one or more English definitions. Where appropriate, alternate spellings of headwords, usage labels,...

Almost one-quarter of the world's languages are (or were) spoken in the Pacific, making it linguistically the most complex region in the world. Although numerous technical books on groups of Pacific or Australian languages have been published, and...

The Ponapean-English Dictionary contains approximately 6,750 Ponapean to English entries. Each entry includes a headword, grammatical information, and one or more English definitions. Where appropriate, alternate spellings of headwords, usage labels,...

Intended for self-learning as well as classroom use, this book presents the principal conversational and grammatical patterns of the language. Each of the sixty-seven lessons is a sample dialog in Hawaiian with English translation.Book InformationISBN...

Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor Dixon surveys the ways in which the languages vary...

This title presents the new series covering the history of Australian English language and culture. It is a guide to Australian slang, jargon and humour, including common misunderstandings, humorous and quirky expressions. It teaches how to speak like a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013287763Author Angela KlugeFormat PaperbackPage Count 764Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013289781Author Paulus KievitFormat PaperbackPage Count 660Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789980879844Author Frank WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint University of Papua New Guinea PressPublisher University of Papua New Guinea...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628450743Author William MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Windham PressPublisher Windham PressWeight(grams) 50gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 2mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636630083Author Mya HunterFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint GlossahousePublisher GlossahouseWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780940490529Author Alan StevensFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint American Oriental SocietyPublisher American Oriental Society

With colorful, eye-catching illustrations to stimulate imagination and curiosity, My First Tagalog (Pilipino) Dictionary is specially designed for children ages 5 to 12. It contains more than 1,000 everyday words (from colors, animals, household items,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780824805241Author Mary Kawena PukuiFormat PaperbackPage Count 310Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher University of Hawai'i PressWeight(grams) 810g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935198772Author Faye UntalanFormat HardbackPage Count 468Imprint University of Guam PressPublisher University of Guam Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990042133Author A.W. ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Oratia BooksPublisher Oratia MediaWeight(grams) 300g

Hawaiian: Past, Present, Future presents aspects of Hawaiian and its history that are rarely treated in language classes. The major characters in this book make up a diverse cast: Dutch merchants, Captain Cook's naturalist and philologist William...

Tuttle Pocket Tagalog Dictionary is the most up-to-date Tagalog pocket dictionary available. It contains a comprehensive range of contemporary Tagalog words and expressions, including the latest Internet and social media vocabulary.This dictionary is...

The Nowau oral texts here collected had been recorded by Scoditti during the several years of field-research on Kitawa Is. (Papua New Guinea) devoted mainly to understanding the mental mechanisms followed by the image creators, that is the makers of the...