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This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the mod...
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oapen-20.500.12657-520332022-02-01T11:19:01Z Rote-Meto Comparative Dictionary Edwards, Owen Austronesian Timor Historical Reconstruction Rote Meto bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general::CBD Dictionaries bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general::CBD Dictionaries::CBDX Bilingual & multilingual dictionaries bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general::CBG Usage & grammar guides bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CB Language: reference & general::CBX Language: history & general works bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFF Historical & comparative linguistics This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the modern Rote-Meto languages. These reconstructions are accompanied by information on how they relate to forms in other languages including Proto‑Malayo‑Polynesian etyma (where known) and/or out-comparisons to putative cognates in other languages of the region. The dictionary also contains two finder-lists: English to Rote-Meto, and Austronesian reconstructions with Rote-Meto reflexes. The dictionary is preceded by three introductory chapters. The first chapter contains a guide to using the dictionary as well as discussion of the data sources. The second chapter provides a short synchronic overview of the Rote-Meto langauges. The third chapter discusses the historical background of Rote-Meto. This includes sound correspondences, the internal subgrouping of the Rote-Meto family, and the position of Rote-Meto within Malayo-Polynesian more broadly. 2021-12-15T16:01:11Z 2021-12-15T16:01:11Z 2021 book ONIX_20211215_9781760464578_2 9781760464578 9781760464561 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/52033 eng Asia-Pacific Linguistics application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International book.pdf ANU Press ANU Press 10.22459/RMCD.2021 10.22459/RMCD.2021 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 9781760464578 9781760464561 Dutch Research Council (NWO) ANU Press 464 Canberra 277-70-012 open access |
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This comparative dictionary provides a bottom-up reconstruction of the Rote‑Meto languages of western Timor. Rote-Meto is one low-level Austronesian subgroup of eastern Indonesia/Timor-Leste. It contains 1,174 reconstructions to Proto-Rote-Meto (or a lower node) with supporting evidence from the modern Rote-Meto languages. These reconstructions are accompanied by information on how they relate to forms in other languages including Proto‑Malayo‑Polynesian etyma (where known) and/or out-comparisons to putative cognates in other languages of the region. The dictionary also contains two finder-lists: English to Rote-Meto, and Austronesian reconstructions with Rote-Meto reflexes. The dictionary is preceded by three introductory chapters. The first chapter contains a guide to using the dictionary as well as discussion of the data sources. The second chapter provides a short synchronic overview of the Rote-Meto langauges. The third chapter discusses the historical background of Rote-Meto. This includes sound correspondences, the internal subgrouping of the Rote-Meto family, and the position of Rote-Meto within Malayo-Polynesian more broadly. |
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