Otto Dempwolff - Papers regarding Pacific linguistics, 1897-1938

PMB 1056

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441405

Microfilm : PMB 1056

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Highly regarded German linguist who researched and published extensively on the languages of Africa, South East Asia and Oceania. Much of Dempwolff's Pacific field research was carried out in German New Guinea during the years 1909-14. (See: Robert Blust, "Bempwolff's contributions to Austronesian linguisitics", Afrika und Ubersee, vol. 71, no. 2, 1988, pp. 167-76)

Handwritten and typescript notes and drafts, mostly in German, on the languages of New Guinea and Tahiti, with some comparative material drawing upon some languages of South East Asia (eg: Tagalog and Malay) and New Caledonia. The bulk of the material was written by Dempwolff in preparation for academic publication during the 1920s and 1930s. Also included is some associated correspondence and some research notes made during field work. The New Guinea languages covered include Tuna (New Britain), Kate, Graged, Sia, Jabem, Adzera, and Sepa. The material on the Tahitian language draws upon information supplied by Christian Schacht

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1056
Available for reference, but no part of the manuscripts may be used in publication without the prior consent of the Seminar fur Indonesische und Sudseesprachen
Microfilm copy of originals held by Seminar fur Indonesische und Sudseesprachen Universitat Hamburg, Bogengallee 11, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany
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