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Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar (Descriptive Grammars)
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Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar (Descriptive Grammars) Hardcover - 1995 - 1st Edition

by du Feu, Veronica

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  • Title Rapanui: A Descriptive Grammar (Descriptive Grammars)
  • Author du Feu, Veronica
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 1995-12-07
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0415000114.G
  • ISBN 9780415000116 / 0415000114
  • Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.42 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Rapanui language - Syntax, Rapanui language - Grammar
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94019109
  • Dewey Decimal Code 499.4

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From the publisher

Rapanui, the language of Easter Island, is in danger of extinction. A Polynesian language, closely related to Maori, it is spoken by less than 2000 people. This description, based on recordings made in the 1980s and on information provided by the islanders, represents Veronica De Feu's determination to recored the language before it dies out.
All linguistic aspects are covered; the syntax, morphology, phonology and lexicon of the language. Just as importantly, it has been structured in such a way as to facilitate cross-language comparisons. There are over 800 illustrative sentences, each accompanied by interlinear grammatical analysis and translation. It also contains a Rapanui folk tale; in both the original and English.
This descriptive grammar provides a new look at the whole structure of Rapanui. As a source of vocabulary it goes beyond any previously available dictionaries.

About the author

Veronica Du Feu holds degrees in Slavonic Languages from the Universities of London and Brussels. She taught general linguistics at the University of East Anglia for many years.