Abstract
HowardMcKaughans work focus has been in Philippine linguistics, but he also edited the first large collection of papers on languages of New Guinea (McKaughan 1973). As such, that volume played a major role in shaping the views of a generation of linguists on what Papuan languages are like structurally. In this study I show that McKaughans pioneering work not only succeeded in assembling the known facts of the linguistics of the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea but also struck into the syntactic heart, of what it means to be prototypically Papuanalbeit not modally (in the sense of typically) Papuan. In order to make this claim, I shall present primary data from McKaughan (1973), and compare it with various Papuan languages of NewGuinea that were beyond the scope of his work. I shall then present figures on various structural features as they are attested in the Papuan languages, with a particular eye for the geographic distribution of the atypical, or nonmodal, features
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Piakandatu ami Dr. Howard P. McKaughan |
Editors | Loren Billings and Nelleke Goudswaard |
Place of Publication | Manila, Philippines |
Publisher | Linguistic Society of the Philippines |
Pages | 87-93 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 9789717800264 |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |