A Grammar of Tukang Besi
E569513
A Grammar of Tukang Besi is a comprehensive linguistic reference work detailing the structure and usage of the Tukang Besi language.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Grammar of Tukang Besi canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6098911 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Grammar of Tukang Besi Context triple: [Tukang Besi language, documentedIn, A Grammar of Tukang Besi]
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A.
A Grammar of Kokota
A Grammar of Kokota is a linguistic reference work that systematically describes the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Kokota language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
A Grammar of Toqabaqita (Lichtenberk)
"A Grammar of Toqabaqita (Lichtenberk)" is a comprehensive linguistic description of the Oceanic language Toqabaqita, authored by linguist Frantisek Lichtenberk and widely used as a reference work in Austronesian linguistics.
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C.
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen is a foundational 19th-century linguistic work by Matthias Castrén that systematically describes and analyzes the Samoyedic languages of northern Eurasia.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae is a 19th-century scholarly grammar that systematically describes the Mari (Cheremis) language, authored by the Finnish linguist Matthias Castrén.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Grammar of Tukang Besi Target entity description: A Grammar of Tukang Besi is a comprehensive linguistic reference work detailing the structure and usage of the Tukang Besi language.
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A.
A Grammar of Kokota
A Grammar of Kokota is a linguistic reference work that systematically describes the phonology, morphology, and syntax of the Kokota language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
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B.
A Grammar of Toqabaqita (Lichtenberk)
"A Grammar of Toqabaqita (Lichtenberk)" is a comprehensive linguistic description of the Oceanic language Toqabaqita, authored by linguist Frantisek Lichtenberk and widely used as a reference work in Austronesian linguistics.
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C.
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen
Grammatik der samojedischen Sprachen is a foundational 19th-century linguistic work by Matthias Castrén that systematically describes and analyzes the Samoyedic languages of northern Eurasia.
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D.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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E.
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae
Elementa grammatices Tscheremissae is a 19th-century scholarly grammar that systematically describes the Mari (Cheremis) language, authored by the Finnish linguist Matthias Castrén.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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grammar ⓘ linguistic reference work ⓘ |
| approach | descriptive linguistics ⓘ |
| author | Mark Donohue ⓘ |
| contains |
glossed example sentences
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morphological description of Tukang Besi ⓘ phonological description of Tukang Besi ⓘ syntactic description of Tukang Besi ⓘ text samples in Tukang Besi ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| documentationType | comprehensive reference grammar ⓘ |
| field | linguistics ⓘ |
| focus |
language structure
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language usage ⓘ |
| hasBibliography | yes ⓘ |
| hasIndex | yes ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780198237136 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
Austronesianists
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linked to:
Austronesian linguistics
linguists ⓘ typologists ⓘ |
| isAbout | Tukang Besi-speaking communities ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
comparative Austronesian studies
ⓘ
language documentation ⓘ linguistic typology research ⓘ |
| languageDescribed | Tukang Besi language ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 640 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| series | Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory ⓘ |
| subfield |
morphology
ⓘ
phonology ⓘ semantics ⓘ syntax ⓘ |
| subjectLanguageCountry | Indonesia ⓘ |
| subjectLanguageFamily | Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| subjectLanguageRegion | Southeast Sulawesi ⓘ |
| subjectLanguageSubgroup | Celebic languages ⓘ |
| topic | grammar of Tukang Besi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Grammar of Tukang Besi Description of subject: A Grammar of Tukang Besi is a comprehensive linguistic reference work detailing the structure and usage of the Tukang Besi language.
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