Fedden O. A Grammar of Mian, a Papuan Language of New Guinea.
Melboue. 2007. 499 p.
This thesis is a descriptive grammar of the Mian language of Papua New Guinea. The
corpus data on the basis of which I analyzed the structures of the language and their
functions was obtained during nine months of field work in Yapsiei and Mianmin,
Telefomin District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The areas of grammar I cover in this thesis are phonology (ch. 2), word classes (ch.
3), nominal classification (ch. 4 and 5), noun phrase structure (ch. 6), verb morphology
(ch. 7), argument structure and syntax of the clause (ch. 8), serial verb constructions and
clause chaining (ch. 9), operator scope (ch. 10), and embedding (ch. 11).
This thesis is a descriptive grammar of the Mian language of Papua New Guinea. The
corpus data on the basis of which I analyzed the structures of the language and their
functions was obtained during nine months of field work in Yapsiei and Mianmin,
Telefomin District, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
The areas of grammar I cover in this thesis are phonology (ch. 2), word classes (ch.
3), nominal classification (ch. 4 and 5), noun phrase structure (ch. 6), verb morphology
(ch. 7), argument structure and syntax of the clause (ch. 8), serial verb constructions and
clause chaining (ch. 9), operator scope (ch. 10), and embedding (ch. 11).