Languages of the Pacific Islands

Languages of the Pacific Islands
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 154423922X
ISBN-13 : 9781544239224
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Book Synopsis Languages of the Pacific Islands by : Hiroko Sato

Download or read book Languages of the Pacific Islands written by Hiroko Sato and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory textbook on languages of the Pacific Islands was first compiled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2013-2014. The target audience is undergraduate students with no prior coursework in linguistics and little knowledge of the Pacific Islands. All chapters have been refereed and revised. The current edition includes new chapters on Hawaiian and early Polynesian pidgins.


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