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Abbi, Anvita; Mishra, Awadhesh K. – 1987
A phonemic analysis of the Meitei language of Manipur, India, is presented. The vowel and consonant system is analyzed by the classical phonemic method, but with morpheme structure rules formulated according to the principles of generative phonology in order to generalize the pattern of various sounds and specify the allophonic distribution of…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries
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Dench, Alan – Language in Society, 1987
Describes the functions of a verbal derivational suffix found in the Ngayarda languages of Western Australia. This suffix has a general "collective activity" meaning, but may be used to indicate the existence of a particular kin relationship between participants involved in the action described. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Kinship, Kinship Terminology