A linguistic survey of the South-Western Pacific / A. Capell

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Capell, A. (Arthur), 1902-1986
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Noumea : South Pacific Commission, 1954
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LINGUISTIC SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PACIFIC 3
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION 4
LINGUISTIC SURVEY OF THE SOUTH – WESTERN PACIFIC 5
CONTENTS 7
PACIFIC OCEAN LANGUAGE AREAS 9
INTRODUCTION 11
Bibliography and Maps 15
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA 16
I: NEW GUINEA 17
2. AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA 22
AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS 23
A. MANDATED TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA 24
SEPIK DISTRICT 26
MADANG DISTRICT 36
ADMIRALTY ISLANDS (MANUS DISTRICT) 44
MOROBE DISTRICT 49
NEW BRITAIN AND NEW IRELAND 52
EASTERN AND WESTERN HIGHLANDS 58
B. PAPUA 63
PAPUA WESTERN DISTRICT 64
PAPUA: GULF DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS 70
PAPUA: CENTRAL AND NORTHERN DISTRICTS 78
PAPUA: MILNE BAY DISTRICT 83
BOUGAINVILLE AND WESTERN SOLOMONS 87
II: THE SOLOMON ISLANDS 88
1: AUSTRALIAN SECTION 89
2: BRITISH SECTION 94
CENTRAL AND EASTERN SOLOMONS 99
BANKS ISLANDS AND NEW HEBRIDES 110
1. TORRES ISLANDS 111
III: THE NEW HEBRIDES 111
2. BANKS ISLANDS 112
3. NEW HEBRIDES 113
B. CENTRAL NEW HEBRIDES 120
C. SOUTHERN NEW HEBRIDES 122
NEW CALEDONIA 127
IV: NEW CALEDONIA 128
V: NAURU 132
VI: THE SPELLING OF OCEANIC LANGUAGES 134
VII: CONCLUSIONS & SUMMARY 142
APPENDIX 147
BIBLIOGRAPHY 149
GUIDE TO ABBREVIATION OF REFERENCES 150
ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE TEXT FOR SERIAL PUBLICATIONS 153
INFORMATION ON OCEANIC LANGUAGES IN GENERAL 155
NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA 157
AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA 163
MAINLAND 164
NEW BRITAIN AND NEW IRELAND 171
PAPUA 176
SOLOMON ISLANDS 201
NEW HEBRIDES 213
NEW CALEDONIA 222
LOYALTY ISLANDS 224
NAURU 226
South Pacific Commission Technical Papers 228
ERRATUM 231

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