Armstrong A. Say It in Maori. Maori Phrase Book

Routledge, 1993. - 640 p. ISBN-10: 0415022541 ISBN-13: 978-0415022545 This descriptive grammar provides a uniquely comprehensive description of Maori. Today the language is under threat and it seems likely that the Maori of the future will differ quite considerably from the Maori of the past. This book provides a uniquely comprehensive linguistic description of Maori, the East Polynesian language of the indigenous people of New Zealand. Tod...

University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. - 324 p. In this latest book, John Clark, author of the highly regarded "Beaches of Hawai?i" series, gives us the many captivating stories behind the hundreds of Hawai?i place names associated with the ocean—the names of shores, beaches, and other sites where people fish, swim, dive, surf, and paddle. Significant features and landmarks on or near shores, such as fishponds, monuments, shrines, reefs, and small i...

University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. - xxii + 413 p. (Нераспознанные страницы) In this latest book, John Clark, author of the highly regarded "Beaches of Hawai?i" series, gives us the many captivating stories behind the hundreds of Hawai?i place names associated with the ocean—the names of shores, beaches, and other sites where people fish, swim, dive, surf, and paddle. Significant features and landmarks on or near shores, such as fishponds, monu...

Hippocrene Books, 1997. - 121 p. ISBN-10: 0781806054 ISBN-13: 978-0781806053 The Beginner's Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, checking into a hotel, placing phone calls, going to the post office, and extending and accepting invitations. First learn about the country's history and culture, acquaint...

Raupo Publishing (NZ) Ltd, 2001. - 142 p. ISBN-10: 0790003252 ISBN-13: 978-0790003252 A thorough guide to the Maori language, this introduction for the general reader assumes no prior knowledge and offers a comprehensive course of lessons and exercises, together with pronunciation advice and an extensive vocabulary, for successful study.

M?nchen-Newcastle: Lincom Europa, 1996. - 52 p. Maori, a member of the Eastern Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family, is the indigenous language of New Zealand. It is spoken by some 30,000 people, though a much greater number of people, perhaps as many as 200,000 have some knowledge of the language. Recently, Maori has been the subject of intense efforts to ensure its survival and development. In its phonology, morphology and s...

University Press, 2007. - 257 p. A comprehensive overview of all aspects of M?ori, the indigenous language of New Zealand. Suitable for those with only a basic knowledge of linguistics, it explores M?ori's history, its dialects, its sounds and grammar, its current status, and the efforts being made by the M?ori community to ensure its survival.

Hawaiian Service, 1961. - 295 p. Preface In 1854 Lorrin Andrews published his Hawaiian Grammar, a standard work for many years, and even today interesting to all students of the Hawaiian language. It is now out of print, however, and hence difficult to secure. In 1891 Prof. William D. Alexander published his Short Synopsis of the Hawaiian Grammar, an excellent work for all students of the language, but not sufficiently complete as a series of...

Honolulu: Hawaiian Service, 1961. - 117p. (Нераспознанные страницы) Preface In 1854 Lorrin Andrews published his Hawaiian Grammar, a standard work for many years, and even today interesting to all students of the Hawaiian language. It is now out of print, however, and hence difficult to secure. In 1891 Prof. William D. Alexander published his Short Synopsis of the Hawaiian Grammar, an excellent work for all students of the language, but not s...

Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1970. - 177 p. The present book-one of the first textbooks of Tahitian ever published in English-fills a serious gap in the literature on Polynesian languages, and will enable interested persons to acquire a sound practical knowledge of this important language of the Pacific. I can speak with feeling on this, having been in the position of trying, with little success, to learn Tahitian away from Ta...