Descriptive GrammarsTuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific (Descriptive Grammars) [1ed.]0415024560, 9780415024563, 9780203027127

Description:This grammar is the first detailed description of the structure of Tuvaluan, a language spoken in Polynesia. While the language shares features commonly found amongst Polynesian languages, it exhibits a number of divergent features of interest to scholars of Pacific languages, comparative linguistics, language typology, and language universals.