Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost, Paperback by Biggs, Bruce, Li...

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Format: Trade Paperback Publisher: Polynesian Society, T.H.E. Item Length: 8.2 in Item Weight: 4.8 Oz Number of Pages: 70 Pages height: 0.3 in Publication Year: 2006 Subject Area: Foreign Language Study, Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, History width: 5.8 in Book Title: Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost Language: English Item Width: 5.8 in Publication Name: Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost Author: Bruce Grandison Biggs Subject: Folklore & Mythology, Oceanic & Australian Languages, Australia & New Zealand, Linguistics / General ISBN: 9780908940073 Type: Textbook Item Height: 0.3 in

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Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost, Paperback by Biggs, Bruce, Li.... Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost, Paperback by Biggs, Bruce, ISBN 0908940076, ISBN-13 9780908940073, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Bruce Grandison Biggs (1) was the most influential figure in academic Maori studies in the 20th century, and is widely recognised as one of the founders of modern Oceanic descriptive and historical linguistics. In these 1992 Macmillan Brown Lectures, published here for the first time, the author draws upon his deep knowledge of Maori language and culture, and his studies in Oceanic linguistics to explore the "culture of the pre-19th century Maori." The lectures are an exquisite example of Bruce Biggs's unique and wide-ranging scholarship and the singular flavour of his expression."--BOOK JACKET. Kimihia Te Mea Ngaro : Seek That Which Is Lost, Paperback by Biggs, Bruce, ISBN 0908940076, ISBN-13 9780908940073, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "Bruce Grandison Biggs (1) was the most influential figure in academic Maori studies in the 20th century, and is widely recognised as one of the founders of modern Oceanic descriptive and historical linguistics. In these 1992 Macmillan Brown Lectures, published here for the first time, the author draws upon his deep knowledge of Maori language and culture, and his studies in Oceanic linguistics to explore the "culture of the pre-19th century Maori." The lectures are an exquisite example of Bruce Biggs's unique and wide-ranging scholarship and the singular flavour of his expression."--BOOK JACKET.