Ross 1988

Links

• 10.15144/PL-C98

References

Sections

• 1.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Subgrouping and reconstruction
  • Sound correspondences
  • Proto Oceanic phonology
  • Data
  • Conventions used in representing reconstructions
• 1.2 Proto Oceanic Phonology and Morphology
  • Phonemes
  • Phonological innovations and Proto Oceanic orthographies
  • Fossilised verbal morphology
• 1.3 Architectural Forms and Settlement Patterns
  • Aims and methodological preliminaries
  • House site and main structural components of house
• 1.7 Canoes and Seafaring
  • Lexical sources
  • Boom and yard of sail
  • Conclusions
• 2.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Subgrouping and reconstruction
  • Sound correspondences
  • Proto Oceanic phonology and orthography
  • Data
  • Conventions used in representing reconstructions
• 2.2 Locating Proto Oceanic
  • The location and dispersal of the Proto Oceanic speech community
  • On the physical geography of the Bismarck Archipelago
• 2.7 Properties of inanimate objects
  • Colour
• 2.8 Talking about space: terms of location and direction
  • ‘Go away’
  • ‘Away from a specified point’
• 3.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Kinds of subgroup
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Sound correspondences
  • POc phonology and orthography
  • Data
  • Indexes
• 3.5 Wild plants of the coastal strand
  • Gyrocarpus americanus, canoe tree, B naove, kenutri (Hernandiaceae)
• 3.7 Wild plants of primary lowland tropical rain forest
  • Parinari spp., putty nut (Chrysobalanaoeae)
• 3.8 Wild plants of secondary lowland rain forest and grassland
  • Saccharum spontaneum, wild sugarcane (Poaceae)
• 3.9 Staple foods: root crops, bananas, breadfruit and sago
  • Artocarpus altilis (syn. Artocarpus communis, Artocarpus incisus), breadfruit, TP kapiak, P beletiutu (Moraceae)
• 3.11 Nut and fruit trees
  • Canarium spp. (Burseraceae)
• 4.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Kinds of subgroup
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Sound correspondences
  • POc phonology and orthography
  • Data
  • Indexes
• 4.5 Mammals, reptiles, amphibians
  • Bandicoots (Peroryctidae)
• 5.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Kinds of subgroup
  • Further notes on subgroups
  • Sound correspondences
  • Reconstructed Proto Oceanic phonology
  • Malayo-Polynesian fossils: verbal derivations
  • Data
  • Indexes
• 5.3 The human body
  • Bone
  • Name
• 5.4 Bodily conditions and activities
  • Chewing without swallowing
• 6.1 Introduction
  • The relation of the current project to previous work
  • Sound correspondences
  • Subgroups and linkages
  • Oceanic linkages
  • Oceanic subgroups
  • Data
  • Proto Oceanic phonology and orthography
  • Reinterpreting the origins and distribution of POc oral- and nasal-grade consonants
  • The POc prenasalised obstruents
  • More evidence for POc prenasalised obstruents
  • Conclusion: so where did Proto Oceanic come from?
• 6.2 Kinship
  • Bifurcate merging and its modifications
  • Appendix to chapter 2: Ethnographic sources
• 6.4 Social rank and lunations
  • Conclusion
• 6.6 Recreation: Music, song, dance, games
  • Conclusion
• 6.12 Talking about speaking
  • Influence verbs
• 6.16 Linear measurement
  • Conclusions

Words

• POc: jiRi cordyline taxon consisting of Cordyline fruticosa and Dracaena angustifolia
• POc: (s,j)uli(q) banana or taro sucker, shoot (i.e. propagation material) slip, cutting
• PMP: qusilak lightning
• POc: raqan branch of tree or other plant
• POc: kulit skin (of animals, people, fruit), bark (of trees) skin (of people, animals, fruit), bark (of trees)
• PWOc: jimʷaR, jimiR sap used for caulking
• POc: (k,kʷ)adroRa phalanger; cuscus
• POc: mʷata snake (generic)
• POc: jamu chew (betelnut) person without spouse
• PAn: daqey forehead
• POc: k(i,e)ju- back of head, base of skull, occiput, nape
• PMP: [ma]nihawa breathe; breath
• POc: [qase]qase- chin, jaw
• POc: paqa(l) thigh
• POc: jamʷ-i- chew (betelnut)
• POc: nipi to dream, have a dream
• POc: mipi to dream, have a dream