Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Intensive course in Tongan with numerous Supplementary Materials, Grammatical Notes, and Glossary
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Place
Date
1971
Physical Description
ISBN/ISSN
0-87022-757-2
Language
Tongan
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Edward Earle Vaile Trust fund
Content
Introduction . . . vii-viii
Learner's Synopsis . . . ix- xii
Phonology . . . xiii-xviii
Pre-Lesson . . . xix-xxi
Lessons 1-130 . . . 1-520
Supplementary Materials . . . 521-590
Useful Conversational Material . . . 591-597
Tongan Culture . . . 613-650
Glossary . . . 651-723
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Tongan language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English]
Use of traditional terminology which corresponds generally to that found in C. Maxwell Churchward's Tongan Grammar (London 1953).--xi PALI Language Texts: Polynesia (Pacific and Asian Linguistics Institute) Available to download online
Subject Notes
'These lessons in the Tongan language represent the accumulated efforts of two and a half years of research and five Peace Corp training projects. The first language materials for Peace Corps Tonga were supplied by myself under the supervision of consulting linguist Lillian Campbell in the summer of 1967. Those materials were revised and expanded for Tonga II in the fall of 1967. Both Tonga I and Tonga II projects proved to be successful, producing a large number of competent Tongan speakers among the volunteers. However, because of the haste with which they were put together, the lessons obviously needed much improvement and refinement: they excluded many important grammatical features and adhered too closely to formal, book-learned Tongan.- Eric B. Shumway. The Church College of Hawaii Laie, Hawaii.'--intro
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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