% pubman genre = article @article{item_3569325, title = {{Tomoip morphological sketch}}, author = {Barlow, Russell}, language = {eng}, year = {2024}, date = {2024}, abstract = {{This paper provides description and analysis of the morphology of {\textless}br{\textgreater}Tomoip, an Austronesian language spoken on the island of New Britain in Papua {\textless}br{\textgreater}New Guinea. The nominal morphology of Tomoip includes clitics and affixes that {\textless}br{\textgreater}designate grammatical number, narrow the semantics of the noun, and indicate {\textless}br{\textgreater}possession, among other functions. The verbal morphology includes clitics and {\textless}br{\textgreater}affixes that index subject arguments, encode mood, and signal or increase valency. {\textless}br{\textgreater}This paper also provides description of adjectives, numerals, quantifiers, pronouns, {\textless}br{\textgreater}and several function words and particles in the language. {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater} {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater} {\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}{\textless}br{\textgreater}}}, journal = {{Language {\&} Linguistics in Melanesia}}, volume = {42}, pages = {41--93}, }