Many Austronesian languages exhibit isolating word structure. This volume offers a series of investigations into these languages, which are found in an "isolati

The strong development in research on grammatical number in recent years has created a need for a unified perspective. The different frameworks, the ramificatio

How have humans colonised the entire planet and reshaped its ecosystems in the process? This unique and groundbreaking collection of essays explores human movem

This volume is a grammatical sketch of Hainan Cham, an endangered tonal Austronesian language. The study focuses on three areas: social background and contact h

This volume presents the most wide-ranging treatment available today of the Malayo-Polynesian languages of Southeast Asia and their outliers, a group of more th