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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| Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia canonical | 1 |
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia Context triple: [Malcolm Ross, hasNotablePublication, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia]
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Lexicon of Proto Austronesian
Lexicon of Proto Austronesian is a comprehensive scholarly reference work reconstructing the vocabulary of the ancestral Austronesian language, authored by linguist Robert Blust.
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B.
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across much of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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Austronesian Languages (book)
Austronesian Languages is a comprehensive scholarly book by linguist Robert Blust that surveys the history, structure, and classification of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
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Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands
The Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands are a small group of non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands, distinct from the region’s dominant Oceanic languages and representing some of its oldest linguistic layers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia Target entity description: "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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A.
Lexicon of Proto Austronesian
Lexicon of Proto Austronesian is a comprehensive scholarly reference work reconstructing the vocabulary of the ancestral Austronesian language, authored by linguist Robert Blust.
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B.
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across much of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
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C.
Austronesian Languages (book)
Austronesian Languages is a comprehensive scholarly book by linguist Robert Blust that surveys the history, structure, and classification of the Austronesian language family.
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D.
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily in western Island Southeast Asia and parts of mainland Asia, including languages such as Tagalog, Javanese, and Malay.
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E.
Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands
The Papuan languages of the Solomon Islands are a small group of non-Austronesian languages spoken in the Solomon Islands, distinct from the region’s dominant Oceanic languages and representing some of its oldest linguistic layers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
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
NERFINISHED
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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
NERFINISHED
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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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Subject: Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia Description of subject: "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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Malcolm Ross
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hasNotablePublication
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Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of Western Melanesia
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