Rev d macdonald (23 resultados)

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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Tight and clean copy.

34pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy.

Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book presents a fascinating exploration of the Oceanic linguistic family, spoken across the vast expanse of islands in the Pacific. The author delves into the historical and literary context of these languages, revealing their shared origins and common features. Tracing their evolution, the author uncovers a complex web of interconnections among various Oceanic languages, and examines the phonetic, grammatical, and lexical similarities and differences that have shaped their development over time. The book not only provides a comprehensive overview of the linguistic landscape of Oceania but also unravels the intriguing linguistic connections between these languages and their speakers. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

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Hardcover. Condición: Good. None. 1st Edition. 19 cm, 134 pp, cloth over boards with titling blind-stamped. Tidy library-cencelled copy, which appear to have had little use. This is lighter in weight than the average allowed for at the checkout and there will be a freight rebate made.

No pagination Pp. B&W Photo illus throughout of congregation families Covers stained, interior very good CRAd covers with plastic coil binding.

34 pp, wrappers browned at edges, corners of upper wrapper creased, else very good copy in limp wrappers. From the Victorian Parliamentary Library. Attempts to show a relationship between Malay-Polynesian language and Semitic (jewish) - fascinating ! - also with an appendix re Australian/Tasmanian aboriginal numerals.…

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Condición: Acceptable. 1889 Card covers are grubby and worn with some loss. Text unmarked. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Half-Leather. Condición: Good. First Edition. xii, 218 pages, frontispiece, b/w plates. Ex-New Zealand General Assembly Library with gilt library stamps on front cover and spine. MacDonald was a missionary stationed in Havannah Harbour, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).

Brown Cloth. Condición: Good. First Edition. xx, 212 pages. Ex-General Assembly Library New Zealand with gilt stamps of the library on the spine and front cover.

Blue Cloth. Condición: Good. First Edition. xxvii, 281 pages. Ex-General Assembly Library New Zealand with gilt stamps of the library on the spine and front cover. A grammar of the Tangoan-Santo language by Rev. J. Annand; Grammar and language spoken at Pangkumu, Malekula by Re. Alex. Morton; A grammar of the Baki language of the island of Epi, New Hebrides by Rev. R.M. Fraser; Grammar of the Bierian language of the island of Epi, New Hebrides by Rev. R.M. Fraser; Grammar of the Weasisi-Tanna language with notices of the other Tanna dialects by Rev. W. Gray; Grammar of the language of Futuna by Dr. Wm. Gunn.…

1st edition card covers Nice copy tall octavo 34pp., Malagasy, Malayan, Papuan & Maori-Hawaiian. Scarce.

1st edition card covers Nice copy tall octavo 33pp., Malagasy, Malayan, Papuan & Maori-Hawaiian. Scarce.

London: Melville, Mullen & Slade, 1894 Cr.8vo. xx,212pp. ".a Dictionary of the language of Efate, New Hebrides, as accurate as I can make it after upwards of twenty-one years' constant study and use of the language in the performance of my duty as a missionary stationed on the island of Efate." With the bookplate of Dr. F. J. Furnivall and ink-stamp to title page, the spine carefully rebacked. A very nice copy of the first edition in the publisher's dark brown/maroon cloth. We have been selling antiquarian books on Africa, Oceania, archaeology, anthropology, travel and the ancient world for over forty years. All our books are carefully catalogued and they are in excellent condition unless stated in the description. All shipments are fully insured at our expense. All books are carefully packaged in new packaging material and despatched by registered or recorded mail, or by a courier service; the customer is always able to track their shipment. All sales are accompanied by a VAT invoice. Photographs may be supplied if.…

Condición: Very Good. Envoi rapide Bon état malgré de petites tâches en bordure de couverture et dos intérieur très bon. in-12. 1894. Relié. 212 pages. Very Good.

Melbourne: Edgerton and Moore, 1889. 134 pp. "Printed at the expense of the Trustees of the Melbourne Public Library." A basic grammar and vocabulary of the three languages. Ferguson 11925. A fine copy.

First Edition. First edition, 8vo, pp. 34; near fine in original terracotta wrappers, side-stapled. A paper read at the Royal Society of Australia 11 March, 1886. It includes sections on personal pronouns, and numerals, with an appendix on Australian and Tasmanian numerals. Macdonald was erroneous in his assumption that the Pacific languages were Semitic, but he did compile in the year following this publication, Three New Hebrides Languages (Efatese, Eromangan, Santo). He went to New Hebrides in 1872 after his ordination at the Presbyterian Church in Melbourne, where he studied and translated the local languages of Oceania. He became Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria in 1896, and retired to Melbourne in 1905, though continuing ministerial work. Wrote articles for the Journal of the Polynesian Society, and several books on Oceanic languages, including The Oceanic Languages: their Grammatical Structure, Vocabulary, and Origin, in 1907, for which this pamphlet appears to have been a seed. Ferguson 11923. OCLC locates three copies in Australia and one at the University of Hawaii.…