Abstract / Description of output
This paper presents the first study of the grammar of Matbat, a language with fewer than 500 speakers on the island Misol (southwest of New Guinea). Based on original fieldwork data, this paper presents a descriptive analysis of the morphology and syntax of nouns and verbs. The findings are considered in a typological and areal context.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | East Nusantara: |
| Subtitle of host publication | typological and areal analyses |
| Editors | Michael Ewing, Marian Klamer |
| Place of Publication | Canberra |
| Publisher | Pacific Linguistics, Canberra : |
| Pages | 281-311 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Volume | 618 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978 0 858 83610 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |