The Lexicon of Proto Oceanic : The culture and environment of ancestral Oceanic society: 2 The physical environment

This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each volume deals with a particular domain of culture and/or environment and consists of a collection of essays each of which presents and comments...

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Main Author: Ross, Malcolm (auth)
Other Authors: Pawley, Andrew (auth), Osmond, Meredith (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2007
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