Blust Robert. The Austronesian Languages, Revised Edition

The Australian National University, Canberra, 2013. — xl; 845 p.This is a revised edition of the 2009 The Austronesian languages, which was published as a paperback in the then Pacific Linguistics series (ISBN: 9780858836020). This revision includes typographical corrections, an improved index, and various minor content changes. The release of the open access edition serves to meet the strong ongoing demand for this important handbook, of which only 200 copies of the first edition were printed.
This is the first single-authored book that attempts to describe the Austronesian language family in its entirety. Topics covered include: the physical and cultural background, official and national languages, largest and smallest languages in all major geographical regions, language contact, sound systems, linguistic palaeontology, morphology, syntax, the history of scholarship on Austronesian languages, and a critical assessment of the reconstruction of Proto Austronesian phonology. Robert Blust is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii. He has authored over 200 publications, mostly in the field of Austronesian comparative linguistics, but with forays into linguistically-guided ethnology.The Austronesian World
A Bird's Eye View of the Austronesian Language Family
Language in Society
Sound Systems
The Lexicon
Morphology
Syntax
Reconstruction
Sound Change
Classification
The World of Austronesian Scholarship