A GRAMMAR OF MUALANG : AN IBANIC LANGUAGE OF WESTERN KALIMANTAN , INDONESIA Published by LOT phone: +31 30 253 6006 Janskerkhof 13 fax: +31 30 253 6406 3512 BL Utrecht e-mail:
[email protected] The Netherlands http://www.lotschool.nl Cover illustration: Mualang men carrying rice in a lanyik basket. Photo courtesy of R. Allen Drake. ISBN 978-90-78328-24-7 NUR 632 Copyright © 2007: Johnny Tjia. All rights reserved. A Grammar of Mualang: An Ibanic Language of Western Kalimantan, Indonesia Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 25 april 2007 klokke 15.00 uur door JOHNNY TJIA geboren te Obi, Noord Molukken (Indonesië), in 1965 Promotiecommissie promotor: prof. dr. W.A.L. Stokhof medepromotor: prof. dr. H. Steinhauer co-promotor: dr. D. van Minde referent: prof. dr. B. Nothofer (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) overige leden: prof. dr. W.F.H. Adelaar dr. A. Th. P. G. van Engelenhoven dr. M.A.F. Klamer dr. G. P. Reesink prof. dr. L. J. de Vries Research for this doctoral dissertation was made possible by a grant from the Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African, and Amerindian Studies and the assistance of the Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL). Tanda kenangan buat Linda, Yosua dan Yehu Acknowledgements Throughout the years which finally resulted in the publication of the present study I have received abundant help from many parties and persons.