Search for dissertations about: "Socialantropologi-- Papua Nya Guinea"
Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Socialantropologi-- Papua Nya Guinea.
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1. Having head and showing knowledge : language shift, Christianity and notions of self in a Papua New Guinean village
Abstract : In the swampy jungles of northern Papua New Guinea lies an isolated little villagepopulated by about 100 people called Gapun. The majority of the villagers of Gapun are biormultilingual, but their mother tongue is a vernacular language which they call Taiap. READ MORE
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2. Topics in the grammar of Kuot, a non-Austronesian language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Abstract : This thesis describes certain areas in the grammar of the little-known Kuot language, spoken by some 1,500 people in New Ireland Province in Papua New Guinea. Kuot is an isolate, and is the only non-Austronesian (Papuan) language of that province. The analyses presented here are based on original data from 18 months of linguistic fieldwork. READ MORE