Explaining the Aberrant Austronesian Languages of Southeast Melanesia: 150 Years of Debate

Andrew Pawley

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Linguistics and language evolution Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Historical Linguistics and Language Studies

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A review of the history of ideas about the origins and development of the Melanesian languages that amount to 450 in number, particularly those languages of Southeast Melanesia that are called 'aberrant', is presented. Good progress is made in understanding the probable sequence of structural changes but less progress in reconstruction of the sequence of changes that have produced grammatically 'aberrant' languages.

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