[PapuanLanguages] Materials on language obsolescence and death in PNG: a question, on behalf of Christoph Holz and Don Kulick

[John Lynch]

Hi Sasha

I notice he refers to "language death* in PNG*", and so Austronesian
languages also "qualify" for his research. Do you want to send it to the AN
List as well as the Papuan List? (Malcolm Ross runs it still, I think, if
you are not already on it.)

John

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 3:55 PM Aikhenvald, Alexandra <
alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear Papuanists,
>
> I am writing on behalf of Don Kulick. We are looking for recently written
> materials on language death in PNG, especially detailed descriptions of
> individual languages on how they die (most grammars unfortunately just say
> that a language is dying, but they do not say how). Do you have any
> suggestions? Any unpublished and hard-to-access materials or personal
> experiences are most welcome.
>
> My e-mail is Christoph.Holz at my.jcu.edu.au
>
> Best wishes
>
> Christoph Holz, PhD scholar, LCRC, JCU
>
> Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, PhD, DLitt, FQAAS, FAHA
> Distinguished Professor and Australian Laureate Fellow
> Director of the Language and Culture Research Centre
> James Cook University
> PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
> mobile 0400 305315, office 61-7-42321117
> fax 61-7-4232 1880
> http://www.aikhenvaldlinguistics.com/
> http://research.jcu.edu.au/lcrc
> https://www.jcu.edu.au/lcrc/resources/lcrc-bulletins
>
>
> Serial Verbs                    The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality
> By Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald                      Edited By Alexandra Y.
> Aikhenvald
> Now available from Oxford University Press              Now available from
> Oxford University Press
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PapuanLanguages <papuanlanguages-bounces at anu.edu.au> On Behalf Of
> Antoinette Schapper
> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 9:47 AM
> To: papuanlanguages at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [PapuanLanguages] object specific eat verbs in Papuan languages
>
> Dear Papuanists,
>
> I am looking for examples of 'eat' verbs in Papuan languages lexically
> specified for the object eaten. This is well-known in Oceanic languages,
> but appears to be unusual in Papuan languages.
>
> Where this is found, the most common pattern is for there to be a contrast
> between 'eat meat' and 'eat non-meat food'. This is found in Kwerba, Orya,
> and Ngkolmpu. Possibly others?
>
> In East Papuan area languages, there appears to be other distinctions in
> 'eat' verbs. For example, Buin has a contrast between 'eat protein foods,
> sugarcane, persons' and 'eat starchy foods'. Or, Bilua which has 'eat meat
> or fish alone, without any soft food' and 'eat (generic)'.
>
> If anyone knows of other Papuan languages with 'eat' verbs lexically
> specified for the object eaten, I would be very glad to hear about it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antoinette
>
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