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Note that the spelling of language names in this map may not be the same as in the body of the text.
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Note that the spelling of language names in this map may not be the same as in the body of the text.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: Epi
Other names: Burumba
Reading:
Fraser, R.M. 1891. [Grammar of Bakian (Epi)]. In D. MacDonald (ed.), South Sea languages: A series of studies on the languages of the New Hebrides and other South Sea islands, vol. 2: Tangoan-Santo, Malo, Malekula, Epi (Baki and Bierian), Tanna, and Futuna. Melbourne: Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria; pp.73-97.
Ray, Sidney H. 1889. Sketch of Api grammar. Journal of the Anthropological Institute 18:295-303.
Ray, Sidney H. 1926. A comparative study of the Melanesian island languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; pp.245-258.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: Epi
Other names: Bonkovia, Cokopue, Nambakura, Yevali
Reading:
Codrington, R.H. 1885. The Melanesian languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp.469-470.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: Group 21 (Maii, Bieria)
Other names: Howana
Reading:
Fraser, R.M. 1891. [Grammar of Bierian (Epi)]. In D. MacDonald (ed.), South Sea languages: A series of studies on the languages of the New Hebrides and other South Sea islands, vol. 2: Tangoan-Santo, Malo, Malekula, Epi (Baki and Bierian), Tanna, and Futuna. Melbourne: Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria; pp.98-107.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: Epi
Other names: Laevo, Lamenu, Maluba
Reading:
Early, Robert 1991. Lewo. In Darrell T. Tryon (ed.), Comparative Austronesian dictionary: An introduction to Austronesian studies. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter; pp.823-826.
Early, Robert 1993. Nuclear layer serialization in Lewo. OL 32,1:65-93 * Shows how the process of incorporation has progressed to such an extent that most serialised verbs are now basically verbal suffixes, and no longer occur as verbs in their own right.
Early, Robert 1993. The tripartite negative in Lewo. In Peter Kahrel & René Van Den Berg (eds.), Typological studies in negation. Amsterdam: John Benjamins [Typological studies in language 29] * Looks at the typologically unusual system of three separate particles being used together to mark a clause as negative.
Early, Robert 1994. A grammar of Lewo, Vanuatu. PhD. dissertation, Australian National University.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: Group 21 (Maii, Bieria)
Other names: Mae-Morae, Mari
Reading:
Tryon, D.T. F/c. Mae-Morae and the languages of Epi. In John Lynch & Fa'afo Pat (eds.), Oceanic studies: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics. Canberra: PL * Looks in some detail at the morphophonemics of stem-initial consonant alternation in verbs and other morpheme-classes.
Island name: Epi
Proto-language: PCV
Ross Clark (1985) local group / Tryon (1976) sub-group: ?
Other names: Lemaroro
Reading:
Codrington, R.H. 1885. The Melanesian languages. Oxford: Clarendon Press; pp.470-471.
Ray, Sidney H. 1926. A comparative study of the Melanesian island languages. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; pp.236-245.
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