LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS IN MELANESIA

The 54th International Conference of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea was held in the hybrid-Zoom mode at the Conference Center of the Papua New Guinea National Research Institute from the 21st to the 22nd of September, 2022. 

The Conference Program and Book of Abstracts

Opening Address by Dr. Osborne Sanida, Director PNG NRI 

Synopsis of some deliberations that took place at the LSPNG 2022 conference 

LSPNG 2022 Conference Proceedings

Plenary talk by Prof. Malcolm Ross: 

                                               Historical linguistics and the ancient history of Papua New Guinea (script) 

                                               Historical linguistics and the ancient history of Papua New Guinea (PPT)

                                                                https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xhyFi-_N-Tt_lQ_dgrVrRpaqcY0Ggqoc/view?usp=share_link

Plenary talk by Prof. Bernard Comrie:

                                               Beyond endangered: Some reflections on the future of indigenous numeral systems

                                               https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X_03KSMDFomjql12n_rXnhh3HXZy3_1h/view?usp=share_link 

Papers presented at LSPNG 2022:    

Brownie, John. Deictic Noun Phrases in Mussau-Emira

                                                                            https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fFvdsT5Z6txLkQckKmWBNUgC0xG9yFG6/view?usp=share_link

Van Dasselaar. Tone in the Kainantu Languages of New Guinea.: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jo10nzJA0npmj8UG0g-JLh2bj29eD7R_/view?usp=share_link

Dryer M. Are Arafundi languages Trans New Guinea? 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XdmGDptXD2pbDhcD4NCwRZzKQf6hdCvP/view?usp=share_link

Gould, S. Sustaining the vitality of the Huli language: a litany of wasted opportunities

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1glYHIHFPtIh8nvjjWkvMxshvtVl6_6-b/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=101723990726665418706&rtpof=true&sd=true

Levy C. Environmental Literacy: An (inaugural) Tok Pisin glossary

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NPZdzvT25PkKab-pnSIgUhuPuTZY3kFx/view?usp=share_link

Thieberger N. Play it again: ongoing access to records in languages of the Pacific

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uEy0rvOewQAN48nmWQQNO2bcYvoAVamB/view?usp=share_link

Merx, R. Tok-Pisin.org – An online machine translation system for Tok Pisin

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17PyyhO9KW_TCTWR-Iu8y4_emQNijNjty/view?usp=share_link

Van den Berg, R. The pronominal system of Urat, a Torricelli language of PNG

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KlNmgaJRqlrsGlWrXzw7xOX3EXHCe79M/view?usp=share_link

Petterson, R. The tone patterns of Kope Verbs

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-OZ3YqmCk3MKKWoVP8zSeSUgAYj6RYAk/view?usp=share_link

Petterson, R. The Koravake Literacy Phonics School

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M0AFjO1jOp22lng-c06PcpnrYBa6MxZU/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=110748810753505333391&rtpof=true&sd=true

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1twpRdXe5R2kfBvwqjcAzFvGThfYSjGfJ/view?usp=share_link 

Slotta, J. & Handman, C. Global Languages as Tools of Social Justice in Papua New Guinea

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16zF8Xe2lIkQK2FQam5jCx0b-nJJL9_Sb/view?usp=share_link

Kuehling, S. “What were you talking about?” Everyday language and specific vocabulary in the kula region of PNG

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eqm-SCI1dZtbxxwhEaqg5iuckFmQNTg7/view?usp=share_link

Temple, O. The Advantages of Dialectical Analysis in the Study of Language

Linguistic Students' PPT “Foreign Science”

Velasquez, M. Preserving the unheard, promoting the unspoken

Full paper

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f-S0pMO2pmIyf2yM0t-8BL4i73hVJJxw/view?usp=share_link

May Huvi. MOLLUCS SPECIES: WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? (PPT)

May Huvi. MOLLUCS SPECIES: WHAT MORE IS THERE TO SAY? (Notes)