The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity Alexandre François, Sébastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, Stefan Schnell To cite this version: Alexandre François, Sébastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, Stefan Schnell. The Languages of Vanu- atu: Unity and Diversity. Alexandre François; Sébastien Lacrampe; Michael Franjieh; Stefan Schnell. France. 5, Asia Pacific Linguistics Open Access, 2015, Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 9781922185235. halshs-01186004 HAL Id: halshs-01186004 https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01186004 Submitted on 23 Aug 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. 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Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives| 4.0 International License THE LANGUAGES OF VANUATU UNITY AND DIVERSITY Edited by Alexandre François Sébastien Lacrampe Michael Franjieh Stefan Schnell uages o ang f Is L la e nd h t M in e l a Asia-Pacific Linguistics s e n i e ng ge of I d a u a s l L s and the M ni e l a s e s n i e d i u s t a S ~ ~ A s es ia- c P A c u acfi n i i c O pe L n s i g ius itc a t S ~ Open Access ~ A s s s i e a c -P c a A Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia ci n fic pe Linguistics O SLIM 5 AP-L 21 7KHODQJXDJHVRI9DQXDWX8QLW\DQGGLYHUVLW\ edited by $OH[DQGUH)UDQ©RLV6«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he languages of Vanuatu: Unity and DiversitySURYLGHVQHZLQVLJKWVRQWRWKH VULFKOLQJXLVWLFODQGVFDSHڙPDQ\IDFHWVRI9DQXDWX Cover design: +DQQDK5¸GGH )ROORZLQJWKHSULQFLSOHVRIAsia–Pacific LinguisticsSXEOLFDWLRQVDOOWKHDUWLFOHVLQWKH SUHVHQWYROXPHKDYHIROORZHGDVWULFWSURFHVVRIGRXEOHEOLQGSHHUUHYLHZLQJ guages of an Isl L an he d t M $VLD3DFLILF/LQJXLVWLFV in e l s a e n i e guages of d an Isl L a e nd h t M in e l s a s e n i e d s u i t a S ~ ~ A s s s i e a c -P c u ac A i n fic pe i Linguistics O t a Open Access S ~ ~ Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia (SLIM) A s s s i e a c - c &ROOHJHRI$VLDDQGWKH3DFLILF Pa A c n ific pe 7KH$XVWUDOLDQ1DWLRQDO8QLYHUVLW\ Ling ics O uist 7KHODQJXDJHVRI9DQXDWX 8QLW\DQGGLYHUVLW\ edited by $OH[DQGUH)UDQ©RLV 6«EDVWLHQ/DFUDPSH 0LFKDHO)UDQMLHK 6WHIDQ6FKQHOO 6/,0 $3/ Asia-Pacific Linguistics Open Access Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia (SLIM) SLIM EDITORIAL BOARD: Isabelle Bril, Bethwyn Evans, Alexandre François, Bill Palmer. SLIM ADVISORY BOARD: Paul Geraghty, John Lynch, Andrew Pawley, Malcolm Ross, Nick Thieberger. A-PL EDITORIAL BOARD: I Wayan Arka, Mark Donohue, Bethwyn Evans, Nicholas Evans, Simon Greenhill, Gwendolyn Hyslop, David Nash, Bill Palmer, Andrew Pawley, Malcolm Ross, Paul Sidwell, Jane Simpson. Published by Asia-Pacific Linguistics College of Asia and the Pacific The Australian National University Canberra ACT 2600 Australia Copyright in this edition is vested with the author(s) Released under Creative Commons License (Attribution 4.0 International) First published: 2015 URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/14819 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry: Title: The languages of Vanuatu: Unity and diversity / Alexandre François, Sébastien Lacrampe, Michael Franjieh, Stefan Schnell, eds. Series Asia-Pacific linguistics / Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia A-PL 021 / SLIM 005 ISBN: 9781922185235 (ebook) Subjects: Historical linguistics--Vanuatu. 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The exceptional linguistic density of Vanuatu. In A. François, S. Lacrampe, M. Franjieh, S. Schnell (eds), The Languages of Vanuatu: Unity and Diversity. Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia, 5. Canberra: Asia-Pacific Linguistics. Pp. 1-21. Acknowledgments This work was partially supported by a public grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the program “Investissements d’Avenir” (ref. ANR-10-LABX-0083). 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