This book provides a comprehensive typological account of voice syncretism, focusing on
resemblance in formal verbal marking between two or more of the following seven voices …

This study represents a typological investigation of additive markers that correspond to
English too, also, and as well. It is cross-linguistically common for additives to fulfill a wide …

The historical relations of the Papuan languages scattered across the islands of the Alor
archipelago, Timor, and Kisar in southeast Indonesia have remained largely conjectural …

The aim of this article is to provide an overview of the main sources of antipassive
constructions based on a 120-language sample. The sample includes the 48 languages …

This dissertation presents the results of a typological study that investigated the global
distribution of antipassive constructions, as well as the distribution of the relevant …

Wallacea is home to languages of the Austronesian language family, and to languages from
multiple Papuan, or non-Austronesian, language families. It has long been observed that the …

This paper refines the subgroupings of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (tap) family of Papuan
languages, using a systematic Bayesian phylogenetics study. While recent work indicates …

Traces of language contact; The Flores-Lembata languages in eastern Indonesia Page 1
Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia Volume 21 Number 1 Panji stories I Article …

The Papuan languages of Timor, Alor, Pantar and Kisar have long been thought to be
members of a single family. However, their relatedness has not yet been established …

This chapter presents an introduction to the Alor-Pantar languages, and to the chapters of
the volume. It discusses the current linguistic ecology of Alor and Pantar, the history of …