{"id":58855,"date":"2023-06-02T14:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=58855"},"modified":"2023-06-02T14:27:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T19:27:48","slug":"austronesian-languages-of-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=58855","title":{"rendered":"Austronesian languages of Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i>Handbook of Formosan Languages (Online): The Indigenous Languages of Taiwan<\/i><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span class=\"creator-type-label\">Editors:<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span class=\"contributor-unlinked\">Paul Jen-kuei Li, <i>Academia Sinica<\/i><br \/>Elizabeth Zeitoun, <i>Academia Sinica<\/i><br \/>Rik De Busser, <i>National Taiwan Cheng-Chi University<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Leiden:\u00a0 Brill, 2023<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><br \/><span lang=\"EN-US\">Outright Purchase: \u20ac 2249 \/ US dollars 2495<br \/>Subscription: \u20ac 350 \/ US dollars 390<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>A print version is forthcoming (September 2023 ; 3 vols, ~ 2200 pp.)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Features<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>The first comprehensive reference work on Formosan languages, relevant for decades to come.<\/li>\r\n<li>Sketch grammars of almost all known Formosan languages, living\u00a0or extinct.<\/li>\r\n<li>Written by renowned scholars in the field from around the world.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><strong>Publication Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Handbook of Formosan Languages Online was launched in May 2023 with 50% of the total content. The other 50% will be published in July 2023.<\/p>\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The <i>Handbook of Formosan Languages<\/i> provides a systematic and comprehensive coverage of the aboriginal languages of Taiwan and of the many ways in which they have been studied. It contains reference articles as well as grammar sketches of a number of Formosan languages, including a few extinct languages, written by leading scholars in the field.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The handbook includes up-to-date bibliographical references and indices and is illustrated with tables, maps, and other useful figures. An invaluable reference to Formosanists, Austronesianists, and typologists, it will be of interest to linguists more broadly as well.<\/p>\r\n<p>The contents are divided into the following main sections:<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Introductory Topics<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cross-linguistic Studies<br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Topics on Historical Linguistics<br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Miscellaneous Topics<br \/><br \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grammatical Sketches<\/p>\r\n<p>By way of example, here are the headings under \"Cross-linguistic Studies\":<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"contents-list\">\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/phonetics-of-formosan-languages-COM_102010\">Phonetics of Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/phonology-of-formosan-languages-COM_102020\">Phonology of Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/phonological-variation-in-formosan-languages-COM_102030\">Phonological Variation in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Morphophonological Processes in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Intonation in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/morphology-of-formosan-languages-COM_102060\">Morphology of Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/reduplication-in-formosan-languages-COM_102070\">Reduplication in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Syntax of Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Nouns and Noun Phrase Structures in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Nominalization of Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Verbal Morphology of Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/tense-aspect-and-mood-in-formosan-languages-COM_102130\">Tense, Aspect, and Mood in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/valency-changing-operations-in-formosan-languages-COM_102140\">Valency-Changing Operations in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Transitivity and Alignment in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/negation-in-formosan-languages-COM_102160\">Negation in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/existential-possessive-and-locative-clauses-in-formosan-languages-COM_102170\">Existential, Possessive, and Locative Clauses in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/interrogative-clauses-in-formosan-languages-COM_102180\">Interrogative Clauses in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/serial-verb-constructions-and-other-complex-constructions-in-formosan-languages-COM_102190\">Serial Verb Constructions and Other Complex Constructions in Formosan Languages<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Complementation in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Coordination and Related Constructions in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Adverbial Clauses in Formosan Languages (forthcoming)<\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/referenceworks.brillonline.com\/entries\/handbook-of-formosan-languages-the-indigenous-languages-of-taiwan\/formosan-languages-and-linguistic-theories-approaches-to-voice-and-the-subject-extraction-restriction-COM_204010\">Formosan Languages and Linguistic Theories: Approaches to Voice and the Subject-Extraction Restriction<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li class=\"contents-item\">Experimental Linguistics Embracing Linguistic Diversity: On the Contribution of Formosan Languages to Models of Sentence Processing<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>With such rich amplitude, the <i>Handbook of Formosan Languages<\/i> is sure to stimulate a quantum leap forward in studies on the indigenous languages of Taiwan.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><b>Selected readings<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to A museum for the languages of Taiwan\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=45685\" rel=\"bookmark\">A museum for the languages of Taiwan<\/a>\" (1\/5\/20)<\/li>\r\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to Diversification of Proto-Austronesian\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=58099\" rel=\"bookmark\">Diversification of Proto-Austronesian<\/a>\" (2\/26\/23)<\/li>\r\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to An Austronesian word for \" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=51079\" rel=\"bookmark\">An Austronesian word for 'betel'<\/a>\" (5\/23\/21)<\/li>\r\n<li>\"<a title=\"Permanent link to Taiwan's vanishing indigenous languages\" href=\"https:\/\/languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu\/nll\/?p=51130\" rel=\"bookmark\">Taiwan's vanishing indigenous languages<\/a>\" (6\/9\/21)<\/li>\r\n<li>\"<a href=\"https:\/\/pinyin.info\/news\/2008\/documenting-and-revitalizing-austronesian-languages-free-online-book\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Documenting and Revitalizing Austronesian Languages: free online book<\/a>\", Pinyin News (4\/30\/08)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>[h.t. 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