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Local DescriptionVG. Light fading shine, minor tear on the dust jacket. Inscription to the front endpaper. DescriptionSecondhand. Fine study of the many different languages of New Guinea. It has often been said that New Guinea is a linguistic Babel. A fresh language seems to be found every few miles and often to be totally unlike its neighbour. This fascinating book is to show how this babel may be de-babelized with the help of modern methods of linguistic analysis and to undertake a two-fold task - one practical and one theoretical. Includes Appendices, Bibliographies, maps. Comprehensive. |