Author: PILHOFER, G.
Title: Grammatik der Kâte-Sprache in Neuguinea. Orig.edn.
Description: Berlin, 1933. recent cloth, orig. upper-wrap bound-up. 175pp. Footnotes, short bibliogr. EXTRA ADDED: A collection of tog. 14 letters as exchanged between Prof. Kähler, the author & Prof. Bouda, typo-script, A-4 sized & commentaries on the grammar. ALSO WITH: Notes on the grammar by author on 6 A-4 leaves in Ms. in ink on rectos only, in endpocket. Beiheft zur Zeitschr. f. Eingeborenen-Sprachen, 14. Heft. A very important study into the phonology & grammar of the Kâte-language of German New Guinea, by a missionary who worked for an extended time in the region. Of special interest are the loosely inserted correspondence and critical notes by author himself, incl. a short comment in Ms. in ink in upper left corner of verso (blank) of ti.-p. Rare.

Keywords: linguistics/newguinea