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The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and Environment of Ancestral Oceanic Society, Material Culture, vol. 1. .

Publication: Archaeology in Oceania
Publication Date: 01-APR-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic: The Culture and Environment of Ancestral Oceanic Society, Material Culture, vol. 1. .(Book review)

Article Excerpt
The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic. The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. 1. Material culture Edited by Ross, M., A. Pawley and M. Osmond. Pacific Linguistics C-152, 1988. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 85883 507 X. xxi + 350 pages. AU$64.00 domestic, AU$59.00 overseas.

This is the first book in a proposed five-volume series concerning the founding language of the Pacific beyond the main Solomon Islands chain. Proto Oceanic was a developmental stage within the Austronesian language family, which includes most of the pre-European languages of the island Indo-Pacific including Madagascar but excluding virtually all of mainland New Guinea. The volume comprises seven essays in addition to an introduction and an overview of Proto Oceanic phonology and morphology. To quote the publicity blurb, each of the essays deals "with a particular semantic field within...

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