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Text analysis of Favorlang by Paul Jen-kuei Li (review) 李仁奎《Favorlang》的语篇分析(书评)

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0021

Chia-jung Pan

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Comment on Blust "The Resurrection of Proto-Philippines" 评布拉斯特的《原菲律宾的复活》

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0016

M. Ross

引用次数: 2

A Recently Discovered Copy of a Translation of the Gospel of St. John in Siraya 最近在塞拉亚发现的《圣约翰福音》译本

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0011

C. Joby

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The Development of the Verb SAY in Central Cordilleran Languages, Northern Philippines SAY动词在菲律宾北部中科迪勒兰语中的发展

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0013

L. A. Reid

引用次数: 1

Nasalization in Enggano Historical Phonology 英语历史音韵学中的鼻音化

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0015

Alexander D. Smith

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Response to Blust "The Resurrection of Proto-Philippines" 对“原始菲律宾的复活”的回应

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2021-02-16 DOI: 10.1353/OL.2020.0017

L. A. Reid

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引用次数: 3

Encoding Emotions in Kuni, an Oceanic Language of Papua New Guinea 巴布亚新几内亚大洋洲语言库尼语的情感编码

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.1353/ol.2020.0000

Alan M. Jones

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Paul Jen-kuei Li. 2019. Text analysis of Favorlang. Language and Linguistics Monograph Series 61. Taipei: Academia Sinica. v + 334 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-8008-2 $35, paperback. 李仁奎，2019。Favorlang的文本分析。语言与语言学专著系列61。台北:中央研究院。v + 334页。ISBN 978-986-05-8008-2 $35，平装本。

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1353/ol.2020.a765247

Chia-jung Pan

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A grammatical sketch and phonology of Hainan Cham: History, contact and change by Graham Thurgood, Ela Thurgood, and Fengxiang Li (review) 海南占语的语法简写与音韵:历史、联系与变化作者:格雷厄姆·瑟古德、艾拉·瑟古德、李凤祥(书评)

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2020-03-11 DOI: 10.1353/ol.2019.0017

A. Grant

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Jespersen in the Reef Islands: Single versus Bipartite Negation in Äiwoo Reef Islands中的Jespersen：在Éiwoo中的单对双否定

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OCEANIC LINGUISTICS Pub Date : 2020-03-11 DOI: 10.1353/ol.2019.0011

Giovanni Roversi, Åshild Næss

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