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Melanesian Languages

Melanesian Languages is a geographical and linguistic classification denoting a subgroup of the Austronesian language family distinguished by shared phonological, syntactic, and lexical features that have developed among languages spoken primarily in the islands of Melanesia, including parts of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and Fiji.

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The Lapita peoples: ancestors of the oceanic world

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 455 citations

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The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders

Jonathan S. Friedlaender, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Floyd A. Reed et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2008 · 363 citations · Full text

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The island Melanesians

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 319 citations

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The Yimas Language of New Guinea

Tom Dutton · Pacific Affairs · 1992 · 275 citations

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<b>Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian languages of western Melanesia</b> . By M.D. Ross (Pacific Linguistics C98.) Canberra: Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, 1988. Pp. xiii, 487.

Robert Blust · Language · 1993 · 253 citations

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Authors

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  1. RB
    Robert Blust

    University of Hawaii–West Oahu, United States

    6 publications · 608 citations

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  2. HB
    Harold Brookfield

    Australian National University, Australia

    5 publications · 338 citations

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  3. AT
    Angela Terrill

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    4 publications · 337 citations

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  4. GP
    Ger P. Reesink

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    4 publications · 337 citations

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  5. MD
    Michael Dunn

    Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands

    4 publications · 337 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    8 h-index

    9 publications

    638 citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    757 citations

  3. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    616 citations

  4. Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

    Goroka, Papua New Guinea

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    502 citations

  5. Temple University

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    502 citations

  6. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    730 citations

  7. Field Museum of Natural History

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    177 citations

  8. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    774 citations

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  1. Oceanic Linguistics

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. Man

    8 publications · 603 citations

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  3. Language

    7 publications · 666 citations

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  4. Pacific Affairs

    5 publications · 601 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 951 citations

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