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Too much to swallow: on terms meaning ‘swallow’ in proto-Oceanic

Lynch, John D. (2001) Too much to swallow: on terms meaning ‘swallow’ in proto-Oceanic. Oceanic Linguistics, 40 (2). pp. 336-341. ISSN 00298115

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Abstract

At least seven terms with the meaning 'to swallow' can be reconstructed for Proto-Oceanic, and four more for lower-level protolanguages. All of these bear some phonological resemblance to each other, and also to forms reconstructed for Proto-Austronesian and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (some of which have the meaning 'to sink, drown, disappear under water'). Only two, however, directly continue earlier terms. The remainder involve change in a single consonant, metathesis, or a process of blending in which the initial syllable of one earlier form combines with the second syllable of another form. Semantic change and Austronesian root theory are included in the discussion.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Divisions: Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > Pacific Languages Unit
Depositing User: Ms Shalni Sanjana
Date Deposited: 27 Aug 2001 22:30
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2012 22:30
URI: https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/5216

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