TY - BOOK ID - 743667 TI - Māori PY - 2007 SN - 9780521808613 0521808618 9780511618697 9781107407626 9780511275043 0511275048 0511274343 9780511274343 9780511273513 0511273517 0511618697 1107158885 1280815302 9786610815302 0511272723 051132121X 1107407621 9781107158887 9781280815300 6610815305 9780511272721 PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Oceanic languages KW - Maori language. KW - Maori language KW - Polynesian languages KW - Tahitian language KW - New Zealand Maori language KW - Te Reo (Maori language) KW - Polynesian languages. KW - Proto-Oceanic language KW - Futuna language KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - New Zealand Māori language KW - Te Reo (Māori language) KW - Māori language. KW - Māori language. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:743667 AB - Mäori, the indigenous language of New Zealand, is an endangered, minority language, with an important role in the culture and identity of the Mäori community. This comprehensive overview looks at all aspects of the Mäori language: its history, its dialects, its sounds and grammar, its current status and the efforts being made by the Mäori community and the state to ensure its survival. Central chapters provide an overall sketch of the structure of Mäori while highlighting those aspects which have been the subject of detailed linguistic analysis - particularly phonology (sound structure) and morphology (word structure). Though addressed primarily to those with some knowledge of linguistics, this book describes a language with a wealth of interesting features. It will interest anyone wishing to study the structure of a minority language, in fields as diverse as typology, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, as well as all those interested in endangered languages and their preservation. ER -