H K J Cowan

Biographic Data

ID	20055
NAME	H K J Cowan
GIVEN NAMES	H K J
FAMILY NAME	Cowan
SIGNATURE	COWAN H K J
AFFILIATIONS	[email protected]
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	37
TOTAL CITATIONS	22
AUTHOR COUNT	37
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1933
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	1982
H-INDEX	3

The Achehnese Metre sanja ' and the Thai KL Ɔ: N P ∈: T
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEJournal of the Royal Asiatic…1982References: 4
Almost half a century ago I pointed to the similarity between the national Achehnese verse form sanja ' and a related Cham verse used in the song of the kadhar (a musician-officiant) at the ceremony of the sacrifice of the buffalo (Cowan, 1933). It will be useful to recall here the main points of that paper. The Achehnese sanja ' in its simplest form consists of lines of eight dissyllabic metrical feet or rather four pairs of such feet, whose two…
An Outline of Achehnese Phonology and morphology
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBulletin of the School of…1981Cited by: 1
It is a remarkable fact that of the Achehnese language, one of the most important languages of Sumatra, no grammatical description has ever appeared in print that meets minimum requirements. The only grammar extant is K. H. van Langen's Handleiding voor de beoefening der Atjehsche taal (The Hague, 1889). But notwithstanding Van Langen's laudable effort under difficult conditions, his work does not do justice to the language. There are two main ob…
Once More Neanderthal Speech
H K J CowanARTICLECurrent Anthropology1978
On Gender Differences and the Origin of Language
H K J Cowan, B S Glick et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1976
More on Upper Paleolithic Engraving
H K J Cowan, Alexander MarshackARTICLECurrent Anthropology1975
Evidence of Long Vowels in Early Achehnese
H K J CowanARTICLEOceanic Linguistics1974
On 'Papyrus Rafts Across the Atlantic
H K J Cowan, Santiago Genové et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1974
On Language Affinities
Roger W Wescott, H K J CowanARTICLECurrent Anthropology1974
La légende de Samudra
H K J CowanARTICLEArchipel1973
III. H.K. J. Cowan presents the Malay text of the Samudra legend with an abridged French translation and an introduction in which he draws attention to the differences between this manuscript and other better known ones
Grammar of the Sentani Language
Alan Pence, Alan R Pence et al.ARTICLELanguage1971
Les Oppositions “aliénable: Inaliénable” et “animé: inanimé” en mélanésien
H K J CowanARTICLEWORD1969
Outline of Dani morphology
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLELingua1968
The Oirata language
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLELingua1965References: 6
On Melanesian and the Origin of Austronesian
H K J Cowan, A CapellARTICLECurrent Anthropology1965
Linguistic Comparison in South East Asia and the Pacific
Open AccessH K J Cowan, Alo Raun et al.ARTICLELingua1964Cited by: 5
Le buna' de Timor: Une langue ,,Ouest-Papoue
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1963Cited by: 3
Atjèhs bhu', buga
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1963
Een interessant getuigenis betreffende de vroegste Islam in Noord-Sumatra. (Met 1 plaat)
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1961
Nadere gegevens betreffende de verbreiding der West-Papoease taalgroep (Vogelkop, Nieuw-Guinea)
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1960Cited by: 1
A note on statistical methods in comparative linguistics
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLELingua1959Cited by: 1
De Oudnederlandse (Oudnederfrankische) psalmenfragmenten
H K J CowanBOOKDe Oudnederlandse (Oudnederfrankisc…1957
A Large Papuan Language Phylum in West New Guinea
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEOceania1957
Een Russisch gegeven over de taal van Watubella
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1957
"Prospects of a ,,Papuan" comparative linguistics
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEBijdragen tot de taal- land- en…1957Cited by: 3
Notes on Windesi Grammar: C orrigenda
Open AccessH K J CowanARTICLEOceania1955
Publication of a series of linguistics monographs will begin at an early date.They will deal with the linguistics of Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia and Polynesia, and any other area which comes within the purview of Oceania.This has been made possible by the generous collaboration of Oceania and the Publications Office of Sydney University.The volumes will be sold at a minimum cost.They will be produced by the Rotaprint process, with printed co…