Kilu von Prince
List of John Benjamins publications for which Kilu von Prince plays a role.
Articles
2019 Expressing possibility in two Oceanic languages Studies in Language 43:3, pp. 628–667 | Article
In this paper, we offer the first detailed description of expressions of possibility in the Oceanic languages Daakaka and Saliba-Logea. We show that in these languages basic expressions of possibility are bi-clausal. This suggests that, depending on their intended scope, typological studies of… read more
2017 Dozing eyes and drunken faces: Nominalized psycho-collocations in Daakaka (Vanuatu) Lexical flexibility in Oceanic languages, Lier, Eva van (ed.), pp. 502–520 | Article
Like many languages of the world, the Oceanic language Daakaka (Vanuatu) uses idiomatic combinations of body-part terms and verbs to express emotions, medical conditions and related concepts. However, languages differ in how they express the same concepts nominally. I will contrast the… read more