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Niuean: Predicates And Arguments In An Isolating Language. By Diane Massam. (Oxford Studies Of Endangered Languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 362. ISBN: 9780198793557. $90 (Hb).

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Niuean: Predicates And Arguments In An Isolating Language. By Diane Massam. (Oxford Studies Of Endangered Languages.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. Pp. 362. ISBN: 9780198793557. $90 (Hb).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

David J. Medeiros
David J. Medeiros*
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California State University, Northridge
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[david.medeiros@csun.edu]
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Language , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , September 2021 , pp. 640 - 643
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