Language Description, History and Development

Linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley

Editors

Jeff Siegel

| University of New England, Australia

John Lynch

| University of the South Pacific

Diana Eades

| University of New England, Australia

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This volume in memory of Terry Crowley covers a wide range of languages: Australian, Oceanic, Pidgins and Creoles, and varieties of English. Part I, Linguistic Description and Typology, includes chapters on topics such as complex predicates and verb serialization, noun incorporation, possessive classifiers, diphthongs, accent patterns, modals in Australian English and directional terms in atoll-based languages. Part II, Historical Linguistics and Linguistic History, ranges from the reconstruction of Australian languages, to reflexes of Proto-Oceanic, to the lexicon of early Melanesian Pidgin. Part III, Language Development and Linguistic Applications, comprises studies of lexicography, language in education, and language endangerment and language revival, spanning the Pacific from South Australia and New Zealand to Melanesia and on to Colombia. The volume will whet the appetite of anyone interested in the latest linguistic research in this richly multilingual part of the globe.

[Creole Language Library, 30] 2007. xv, 514 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/cll.30

Table of Contents

List of contributors	ix–xi
Abbreviations	xiii–xiv
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction Jeff Siegel, John Lynch and Diana Eades	1–7
“Try look that yellow book”: The legacy of Terry Crowley’s work in Cape York Peninsula Helen Harper	9–12
Part I: Language description and linguistic typology	13
1. Describing languages and ethnographic fieldwork William R. Thurston	15–25
2. A desiderative complement construction in Warrwa. William B. McGregor	27–40
3. Noun incorporation in Rembarrnga discourse. Graham R. McKay	41–52
4. A revised view of the verbal suffixes of Yugambeh-Bundjalung Margaret Sharpe	53–68
5. Close and remote objects in a language with a single transitive suffix Anna Margetts	69–78
6. Possessive classifier bila- in Raga reflects value in people Hannah Vari-Bogiri	79–87
7. On the subject of subjects in Māori R.B. Harlow	89–100
8. Pointing at the lagoon: Directional terms in Oceanic atoll-based languages Bill Palmer	101–117
9. Does Hawaiian have diphthongs? And how can you tell? Kenneth L. Rehg	119–131
10. Accent patterns for English loanwords in Samoan: A window on prosody Albert J. Schütz	133–146
11. Syntactic properties of the definitive accent in Tongan Therese Mary Aitchison	147–158
12. Tok Pisin ia-bracketing: Neither substrate nor syntax Joel Bradshaw	159–167
13. On Papiamentu ku Claire Lefebvre and Isabelle Therrien	169–182
14. “… and the blue bird /flju/ away”: Yod insertion in Fiji English France Mugler	183–195
15. Modal wars: Some ascendant semi-modals in Australian English Peter Collins	197–208
16. Complex predication and the coverb construction Mengistu Amberber, Brett Baker and Mark Harvey	209–219
17. Verb serialisation and incipient grammaticalisation in Abma Cindy Schneider	221–235
18. The demise of serial verbs in South Efate Nicholas Thieberger	237–251
Part II: Language history and historical linguistics	253
19. Nganyaywana revisited: Lessons from Terry Crowley’s work on New England languages Paul Black	255–265
20. Divergent regularity in word-initial truncation in the Arandic languages Harold Koch	267–280
21. Two kinds of locative construction in Oceanic languages: A robust distinction Malcolm D. Ross	281–295
22. The prenasalised trills of Manus Robert Blust	297–311
23. Noun articles in Torres and Banks languages: Conservation and innovation Alexandre François	313–326
24. The reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *na in Unua Elizabeth Pearce	327–339
25. Proto who utilised turmeric, and how? Ritsuko Kikusawa and Lawrence A. Reid	341–354
26. On the lexicon of Early Melanesian Pidgin Ross Clark	355–368
Part III: Language development and linguistic applications	369
27. Structure, style and content in dictionary entries for an Oceanic language D.S. Walsh	371–381
28. The Fijian dictionary experience Paul Geraghty	383–394
29. Lexicography for your friends Mark Donohue	395–405
30. Language-in-education in New Zealand: Policies and practices Roger Barnard	407–418
31. Language-in-education policy in the context of language death: Conflicts in policy and practice in Colombia Anthony J. Liddicoat and Timothy Jowan Curnow	419–430
32. The Crowley corrective: An alternative voice for language endangerment Michael Walsh	431–437
33. Language sizes in Melanesia Robert Early	439–456
34. Funeral liturgy as a strategy for language revival Robert Amery and Dennis O’Brien	457–467
References	469–502
Index	503–512

“Throughout Language Description, History and Development, there are copious references to Crowley's work, and the list of references to his published work, a total of close to a 200 papers in all. Many of the contributors mention personal anecdotes or shared experiences involving Crowley, all attesting to the respect and affection with which he was regarded. A common theme in the personal recollections is the reaction of shock to his untimely passing, and conjecture about what further accomplishments he might otherwise have achieved. The volume is a worthy commemoration of his life and work, and a reminder of his enormous contribution to linguistics.”

Geoff Smith, University of Hong Kong, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages 23(2), 2008

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Subjects

Linguistics

Languages of Australasia and the Pacific

Historical linguistics

Contact Linguistics

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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