Solomon Islands languages: an internal classification

Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification......Page 1
Acknowledgements......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
1.0 Introduction......Page 9
1.1 Historical Factors......Page 10
The Solomon Islands......Page 11
1.2 Language and Christianity......Page 12
1.3 Language and Education......Page 14
2.0 Previous Language Studies......Page 17
3.0 The Present Study......Page 23
3.2 Form of the Present Study......Page 24
4.0 The Languages of the Solomons: Listing and Distribution......Page 27
4.1 Language Listing......Page 28
Languages of the Western Solomons......Page 31
Languages of the South-east Solomons......Page 32
Languages of the Eastern Outer Islands......Page 33
4.2 Language and Dialect in the Solomon Islands......Page 35
4.3 Checklist of Solomon Islands Languages......Page 39
5.0 The Papuan Languages of the Solomons......Page 49
6.0 The Austronesian Languages of the Solomons......Page 55
6.1.2 The Phonological Evidence......Page 57
Major Solomons Language Subgroupings......Page 59
6.1.3 The Western Subgroup......Page 64
6.1.4 The South-eastern Subgroup......Page 73
6.1.5 The Eastern Outer Islands......Page 78
6.1.6 The Polynesian Outliers......Page 79
7.0 Solomons Sound Correspondences......Page 81
8.0 Conclusion......Page 117
9.0 Appendix A: Solomon Islands Wordlists......Page 123
9.1 Index to Wordlists......Page 127
10.0 Appendix B: Tables of Cognate Percentages......Page 455
Bibliography......Page 491