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- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Africa
- Part III Tropical Asia
- Part IV New Guinea and Australia
- 12 The Linguistic Situation in Near Oceania before Agriculture
- 13 Language, Locality and Lifestyle in New Guinea
- 14 Small Language Survival and Large Language Expansion on a Hunter-Gatherer Continent
- 15 Language and Population Shift in Pre-Colonial Australia
- 16 The Spread of Pama-Nyungan in Australia
- Part V Northeastern Eurasia
- Part VI North America
- Part VII South America
- Appendix A Preliminary Worldwide Survey of Forager Languages
- Language Index
- Subject Index
- References
12 - The Linguistic Situation in Near Oceania before Agriculture
from Part IV - New Guinea and Australia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2020
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Africa
- Part III Tropical Asia
- Part IV New Guinea and Australia
- 12 The Linguistic Situation in Near Oceania before Agriculture
- 13 Language, Locality and Lifestyle in New Guinea
- 14 Small Language Survival and Large Language Expansion on a Hunter-Gatherer Continent
- 15 Language and Population Shift in Pre-Colonial Australia
- 16 The Spread of Pama-Nyungan in Australia
- Part V Northeastern Eurasia
- Part VI North America
- Part VII South America
- Appendix A Preliminary Worldwide Survey of Forager Languages
- Language Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
Near Oceania consists of mainland New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland and Manus), Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. I divide Near Oceania into two regions which are distinct in terms of their linguistic history. The first region is mainland New Guinea. The second consists of the Bismarcks, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands, which I refer to collectively as Northwest Island Melanesia.
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- The Language of Hunter-Gatherers , pp. 311 - 336Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020