All Outputs (10)

A Comparison of Portuguese-Lexified Creoles of Southeast Asia: Kristang, Makista, Batavia, and Tugu (2022)
Thesis
Laub, R. A Comparison of Portuguese-Lexified Creoles of Southeast Asia: Kristang, Makista, Batavia, and Tugu. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis is a comparison of four Portuguese-lexified creoles in Southeast Asia: the endangered Kristang and Makista, and the extinct Batavia and Tugu Creoles. Kristang is spoken by about 2000 people, mostly in the city of Malacca, Malaysia. Origin... Read More about A Comparison of Portuguese-Lexified Creoles of Southeast Asia: Kristang, Makista, Batavia, and Tugu.

Nahuat-Pipil: The Encoding of Ecological Knowledge in Semantic and Lexical Categorisation Systems (2020)
Thesis
Dohle, E. Nahuat-Pipil: The Encoding of Ecological Knowledge in Semantic and Lexical Categorisation Systems. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis investigates the encoding of natural world knowledge by analysing folk nomenclature and folk classification systems of plant knowledge (Berlin 1992) within the Nahuat-Pipil language of El Salvador. Furthermore, it establishes how the poss... Read More about Nahuat-Pipil: The Encoding of Ecological Knowledge in Semantic and Lexical Categorisation Systems.

Variation in Vatlongos Verbal Morphosyntax : speaker communities in Southeast Ambrym and Mele Maat (2019)
Thesis
Ridge, E. C. Variation in Vatlongos Verbal Morphosyntax : speaker communities in Southeast Ambrym and Mele Maat. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

This thesis examines morphosyntactic variation in an unusual sociolinguistic context in Vanuatu. Vatlongos (Oceanic, Austronesian) is spoken by communities in the southeast of Ambrym island, and by a peri-urban community near the capital city, who re... Read More about Variation in Vatlongos Verbal Morphosyntax : speaker communities in Southeast Ambrym and Mele Maat.

A fieldwork-based approach to Blanga (Blablanga), an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands, with reference to predicate-argument relations (2018)
Thesis
Voica, R. A fieldwork-based approach to Blanga (Blablanga), an Austronesian language of the Solomon Islands, with reference to predicate-argument relations. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

The Kelabit language : Austronesian voice and syntactic typology (2016)
Thesis
Hemmings, C. The Kelabit language : Austronesian voice and syntactic typology. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

A descriptive grammar of Efutu (southern Ghana) with a focus on serial verb constructions : a language documentation study (2016)
Thesis
Agyeman, N. A. A descriptive grammar of Efutu (southern Ghana) with a focus on serial verb constructions : a language documentation study. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Documentation and description of Sekpele : a Ghana-Togo mountain language of Ghana (2016)
Thesis
Delalorm, C. Documentation and description of Sekpele : a Ghana-Togo mountain language of Ghana. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Grammatical relations in Tamang, a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal (2015)
Thesis
Owen-Smith, T. Grammatical relations in Tamang, a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Morphosyntax of Puma, a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal (2014)
Thesis
Sharma, N. P. Morphosyntax of Puma, a Tibeto-Burman language of Nepal. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa (2010)
Thesis
Souag, L. Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa. (Thesis). SOAS, University of London

This thesis examines the effects of contact on the grammars of the languages of two Saharan oases, Siwa and Tabelbala. These share similar linguistic ecologies in many respects, and can be regarded as among the most extreme representatives of a langu... Read More about Grammatical Contact in the Sahara: Arabic, Berber, and Songhay in Tabelbala and Siwa.