A Dictionary of Owa: A Language of the Solomon Islands (Pacific Linguistics) (Pacific Linguistics, 639)

The Solomon Islands has a rich linguistic heritage of over 60 languages, many of which have not been described in detail. This first dictionary of Owa, a South East Solomonic Language, contains over 3900 entries, which are typically illustrated with examples of natural language. An overview of the phonology, morphology, and syntax is supplemented by notes on discourse features. From 1963 to 2011 Pacific Linguistics, located at the Australian National University, published over six hundred books concerned with the languages of the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast, South and East Asia. The Mouton Pacific Linguistics series represents a continuation of this publishing venture under the same Editorial Board. The Pacific Linguistics series presents linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, and other materials concerned with languages of this region. The authors and editors of Pacific Linguistics publications are drawn from a wide range of institutions around the world, and its publications are refereed by international scholars with relevant expertise. Pacific Linguistics has built a reputation as the most authoritative publisher of works on the languages of the Pacific and neighbouring areas, read by scholars with an interest in the region as well as by linguists with interests in language typology, sociolinguistics, language contact and the reconstruction of linguistic change and culture history. Pacific Linguistics is proud to act as a vehicle for the dissemination of knowledge about the languages of the Pacific and the Pacific Rim, many of which are little known, and to bring them to the attention of scholars around the world, as well as providing local communities with published language material, at a time when many minority languages are under threat. Content Acknowledgements Purpose and Compilation Method Owa People and Language Dictionary Layout Abbreviations Word Classes Alphabetical Order Grammar Sketch 1 Phonology 2 Nouns 3 Noun Phrases 4 Verbs 5 Verb Phrases 6 Clause Structure 7 Sentences 8 Discourse 9 Bibliography Owa – English Dictionary A – a B – b E – e F – f G – g H – h I – i J – j K – k L – l M – m N – n NG O – o P – p Q – q R – r S – s T – t U – u W – w English – Owa Finder List Owa Words Sorted by Semantic Domain The Solomon Islands has a rich linguistic heritage of over 60 languages, many of which have not been described in detail. This book contains over 3900 entries, which are typically illustrated with examples of natural language.