24. The reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *na in Unua

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. List of contributors ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Acknowledgements xv
6. Introduction 1
7. “Try look that yellow book” 9
8. Part I: Language description and linguistic typology
9. 1. Describing languages and ethnographic fieldwork 15
10. 2. A desiderative complement construction in Warrwa. 27
11. 3. Noun incorporation in Rembarrnga discourse. 41
12. 4. A revised view of the verbal suffixes of Yugambeh-Bundjalung 53
13. 5. Close and remote objects in a language with a single transitive suffix 69
14. 6. Possessive classifier bila- in Raga reflects value in people 79
15. 7. On the subject of subjects in Māori 89
16. 8. Pointing at the lagoon 101
17. 9. Does Hawaiian have diphthongs? And how can you tell? 119
18. 10. Accent patterns for English loanwords in Samoan 133
19. 11. Syntactic properties of the definitive accent in Tongan 147
20. 12. Tok Pisin ia-bracketing 159
21. 13. On Papiamentu ku 169
22. 14. “… and the blue bird /flju/ away” 183
23. 15. Modal wars 197
24. 16. Complex predication and the coverb construction 209
25. 17. Verb serialisation and incipient grammaticalisation in Abma 221
26. 18. The demise of serial verbs in South Efate 237
27. Part II: Language history and historical linguistics
28. 19. Nganyaywana revisited 255
29. 20. Divergent regularity in word-initial truncation in the Arandic languages 267
30. 21. Two kinds of locative construction in Oceanic languages 281
31. 22. The prenasalised trills of Manus 297
32. 23. Noun articles in Torres and Banks languages 313
33. 24. The reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *na in Unua 327
34. 25. Proto who utilised turmeric, and how? 341
35. 26. On the lexicon of Early Melanesian Pidgin 355
36. Part III: Language development and linguistic applications
37. 27. Structure, style and content in dictionary entries for an Oceanic language 371
38. 28. The Fijian dictionary experience 383
39. 29. Lexicography for your friends 395
40. 30. Language-in-education in New Zealand 407
41. 31. Language-in-education policy in the context of language death 419
42. 32. The Crowley corrective 431
43. 33. Language sizes in Melanesia 439
44. 34. Funeral liturgy as a strategy for language revival 457
45. References 469
46. Index 503