TY - BOOK AU - Adelaar,K.Alexander AU - Himmelmann,Nikolaus TI - The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar T2 - Routledge language family series SN - 9780203821121 (e-book : PDF) PY - 2005/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Austronesian languages KW - Asia KW - Madagascar KW - Electronic books KW - lcsh N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 1. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar : a historical perspective / Alexander Adelaar -- 2. Language shift and endangerment / Margaret Florey -- 3. Colonial history and language policy in insular / Southeast Asia and Madagascar / Hein Steinhauer -- 4. Ritual languages, special registers and speech decorum in Austronesian languages / James J. Fox -- 5. The Austronesian languages of Asia and Madagascar : typological characteristics / Nikolaus P. Himmelmann -- 6. Old Malay / Waruno Mahdi -- 7. Structural diversity in the Malayic subgroup / Alexander Adelaar -- 8. Colloquial Indonesian / Michael C. Ewing -- 9. Tsou / Elizabeth Zeitoun -- 10. Seediq / Naomi Tsukida -- 11. Iloko / Carl Rubino -- 12. Tagalog / Nikolaus P. Himmelmann -- 13. Sama (Bajau) / Akamine Jun -- 14. Kimaragang / Paul Kroeger -- 15. Belait / Adrian Clynes -- 16. Malagasy / Janie Rasoloson and Carl Rubino -- 17. Phan Rang Cham / Graham Thurgood -- 18. Moken and Moklen / Michael D. Larish -- 19. Karo Batak / Geoff Woollams -- 20. Nias / Lea Brown -- 21. Javanese / Alexander K. Ogloblin -- 22. Buol / Erik Zobel -- 23. Makassar / Anthony Jukes -- 24. Mori Bawah / David Mead -- 25. Kambera / Marian Klamer -- 26. Tetun and Leti / Aone van Engelenhoven and Catharina Williams-van Klinken -- 27. Taba / John Bowden -- 28. Biak / Hein Steinhauer; Also available in print edition UR - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9780203821121 ER -