Pacific languages
Subtitle: an introduction
By: John Lynch.
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press; University of Hawaii Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Pacific Area -- Languages.
Description: In addition to describing the structure of Pacific languages, this volume places them in their historical and geographical context, discusses the linguistic evidence for the settlement of the Pacific, and speculates on the reason for the region's many languages. It devotes considerable attention to the effects of contact between speakers of different languages and to the development of pidgin and creole languages in the Pacific.

Throughout, technical language is kept to a minimum without oversimplifying the concepts or the issues involved. A glossary of technical terms, maps, and diagrams help identify a language geographically or genetically; reading lists and a language index guide the researcher interested in a particular language or group to other sources of information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.