Comparison, Contrast and Similarity in Yalaku
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19522930 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexandra Y Aikhenvald (0000-0003-1866-7869, James Cook University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Discovery (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-0852 • E-ISSN: 1537-0852 |
| Publisher | Dartmouth College Library Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1349/ps1.1537-0852.a.483 |
| OpenAlex | W2914117830 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Yalaku, a Ndu language from the Middle Sepik region of the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, has no dedicated comparative construction -just like an overwhelming majority of Papuan languages of New Guinea (de Vries 2015).After a brief outline of typological features of the language, we turn to the ways of expressing comparative meanings.The expression of similarity is the topic of 3.The last section contains a summary. The Yalaku languageYalaku 1 is spoken by c. 300 people in the village of Yalaku located in a mountainous area off the Sepik River in the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea 2 -see Map 1.Map 1.The Yalaku language 1 I am grateful to my Yalaku family, especially Joel Ukaia, Mark, David Kwaibori, and Solomon who taught me their remarkable language.I am indebted to R. M. W. Dixon for extensive comments and suggestions, and to Kasia Wojtylak for her insightful analysis of Murui, her comments and discussions.Thanks go to Brigitta Flick
Ethnology · Linguistics · Natural language processing · New guinea · Computer Science · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |