Many Austronesian languages exhibit isolating word structure. This volume offers a series of investigations into these languages, which are found in an "isolati

This is a comprehensive grammar of the Papuan language Bunaq as spoken in the district of Lamaknen. Bunaq belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family, whic

This volume explores the multiple aspects of morphological complexity, investigating primarily whether certain aspects of morphology can be considered more comp

A compelling argument for why creoles are their own unique entity, which have developed independently of other processes of language development and change.

These volumes present sketches of the Papuan languages scattered over the islands of Timor, Alor and Pantar. Together they give an authoritative and comprehensi