Paul Jen-kuei Li and Shigeru Tsuchida. 2001. Pazih dictionary.(Book Review)

From: Oceanic Linguistics | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Language and Linguistics Monograph Series No. A2. Taipei: Institute of Linguistics (Preparatory Office), Academia Sinica. ISBN 957-671-790-6. xii + 391pp. NT 700, US$25, cloth.

The language formerly known as Pazeh is reportedly down to its last fluent speaker, Mrs. Pan Jin-yu, born in 1914. The work under review is thus an extremely welcome contribution to the documentation of one of the most seriously under-described and endangered aboriginal languages of Taiwan. (1)

Both authors (hereafter L&T) have worked intermittently on Pazeh over a period of many years. A ...

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