Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia
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"Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia" is a major linguistic study by Malcolm Ross that reconstructs Proto Oceanic and analyzes its relationship to the Austronesian languages spoken in Western Melanesia.
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book
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linguistic monograph ⓘ scholarly work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | linguistics ⓘ |
| academicUse |
reference work for Oceanic linguists
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source for Proto Oceanic reconstructions ⓘ |
| analyzes |
morphology of Proto Oceanic
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sound correspondences in Oceanic languages ⓘ syntax of Proto Oceanic ⓘ |
| author | Malcolm Ross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contribution |
classification of Western Melanesian Oceanic languages
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detailed reconstruction of Proto Oceanic phonology ⓘ reconstruction of Proto Oceanic lexicon ⓘ refinement of Oceanic subgrouping ⓘ |
| field |
Austronesian linguistics
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Oceanic linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ |
| focus |
reconstruction of Proto Oceanic
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relationship between Proto Oceanic and Western Melanesian Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| geographicFocus | Western Melanesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later reconstructions of Proto Oceanic
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studies of Melanesian Austronesian languages ⓘ |
| languageFamilyStudied | Austronesian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageSubgroupStudied | Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia
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Proto Oceanic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| methodology | comparative method ⓘ |
| topic |
historical relationships among Western Melanesian Austronesian languages
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language change in Western Melanesia ⓘ reconstruction of Proto Oceanic grammar ⓘ subgrouping of Oceanic languages in Melanesia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
comparative studies of Austronesian languages
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research on Oceanic historical linguistics ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | English ⓘ |
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Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia
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