Jason Lobel's Dissertation
PHILIPPINE AND NORTH BORNEAN LANGUAGES: ISSUES IN DESCRIPTION, SUBGROUPING, AND RECONSTRUCTION A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN LINGUISTICS MAY 2013 BY JASON WILLIAM LOBEL Dissertation Committee: Robert A. Blust, Chairperson Michael L. Forman Kenneth L. Rehg R. David Zorc Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo © Copyright 2013 by Jason William Lobel IMPORTANT NOTE: Permission is granted to the native speakers of the languages represented herein to reproduce this dissertation, or any part thereof, for the purpose of protecting, promoting, developing, or preserving their native languages, cultures, and tribal integrity, as long as proper credit is given to the author of this work. No librarian or other holder of a copy of this dissertation in any country shall have the right to require any additional proof of permission from this author in order to photocopy or print this dissertation, or any part thereof, for any native speaker of any language represented herein. ii We certify that we have read this dissertation and that, in our opinion, it is satisfactory in scope and quality as a dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics. ____________________________________ Chairperson ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ iii iv ABSTRACT The Philippines, northern Sulawesi, and northern Borneo are home to two or three hundred languages that can be described as Philippine-type. In spite of nearly five hundred years of language documentation in the Philippines, and at least a century of work in Borneo and Sulawesi, the majority of these languages remain grossly underdocumented, and an alarming number of languages remain almost completely undocumented.
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