The lexicon of Proto Oceanic : the culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society. 2, The physical environment /
This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each volume deals with a particular domain of culture and/or environment and consists of a collection of essays each of which presents and comments...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Canberra :
ANU E Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Pacific linguistics ;
545. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- The lexicon of Proto Oceanic; Contents overview; Chapter contents in detail; Maps, tables and figures; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Locating Proto Oceanic; 3 The landscape; 4 The seascape; 5 Meteorological phenomena; 6 Navigation and the heavens; 7 Properties of inanimate objects; 8 Talking about space:terms of location and direction; 9 Time; Appendix 1:Data sources and collation; Appendix 2: Languages; References; Index.
