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Towards a reanalysis of Oceanic possessives

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Author
MacDonald, Lorna A
Accessioned
2016-06-13T19:54:51Z
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2016-06-13T19:54:51Z
Issued
1979-05
Subject
Linguistics
Morphology
Proto-Eastern-Oceanic language
Proto-Oceanic language
Austronesian languages
Grammar, Comparative and general--Possessives
Oceanic languages
Roviana language
Fijian language
Tolai language
Mota language
Nguna language
Rarotongan language
Mele-Fila language
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Abstract
The Oceanic languages, which constitute a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family, consist of over 400 languages spoken in Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia. Although the exact subgrouping of Oceanic is uncertain, Pawley (1972) provides support for an Eastern Oceanic subgroup, which consists of languages from the Southeast Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Banks Islands, Polynesia, and Fiji, as well as Rotuman and Gilbertese (Pawley 1972:7).
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Yes
Citation
MacDonald, L. A. (1979). Towards a reanalysis of Oceanic possessives. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 5(Spring), 1-18.
Department
Linguistics
Faculty
Arts
Institution
University of Calgary
Publisher
University of Calgary
Doi
http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/29012
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/1880/51278
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