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

[John Lynch]

Good. I'm sure Malcolm is the person to contact: if not, he will know who
is.

On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 4:28 PM Aikhenvald, Alexandra <
alexandra.aikhenvald at jcu.edu.au> wrote:

> Dear John
>
> Thanks for your message! This will be perfect. For some reason I am not on
> that list; I would like to join it - and Chris, too, I guess (as he himself
> is working on Tjang, an Oceanic language).
>
> Best wishes
>
> Sasha
>
>
>
> 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
> John Lynch
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2020 3:08 PM
> To: Papuan languages discussion list <papuanlanguages at anu.edu.au>
> Subject: Re: [PapuanLanguages] Materials on language obsolescence and
> death in PNG: a question, on behalf of Christoph Holz and Don Kulick
>
> 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 Any unpublished and hard-to-access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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> >
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John Lynch, FAHA
Emeritus Professor of Pacific Languages
University of the South Pacific
PMB 9072
Port Vila.  VANUATU
Phone: (+678) 25036    Mobile: (+678) 5920220    Fax: (+678) 22633