Quantification in Nen

Nicholas Evans

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44330-0_11

Quantification in Nen

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Nen is a Papuan language of the Yam family (aka Morehead-Maro family), found in the southern part of New Guinea (Evans et al. forthcoming). Nen counts around 400 speakers, most living in the village of Bimadbn. Most speakers are accomplished polyglots, speaking neighbouring languages both related (Nmbo) and unrelated (Idi), and middle-aged people speak excellent English, whereas among younger people Nen and other languages are dominant.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Quantifiers in Natural Language: Volume II
Editors	Denis Paperno and Edward Keenan
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Springer International Publishing Switzerland
Pages	571-608
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	978331944328-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44330-0_11
Publication status	Published - 2017

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