A5006591597- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Medieval European Literature and History
- Island Studies and Pacific Affairs
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- French Historical and Cultural Studies
- Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
- Historical and Literary Analyses
- Categorization, perception, and language
- Language and cultural evolution
- Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Langues, Textes, Traitements Informatiques, Cognition
2014-2024
Australian National University
2008-2023
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
2019-2023
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2003-2023
École Normale Supérieure
2019
École Normale Supérieure - PSL
2019
Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales
2007-2017
Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale
2007-2017
Canberra (United Kingdom)
2017
University of French Polynesia
2015
The Torres and Banks Islands, two small archipelagos of northern Vanuatu, are home to 9400 inhabitants 17 distinct languages. With an average 550 speakers per language, this region constitutes extreme case the linguistic fragmentation which is typically observed throughout Melanesia. This study presents diversity that area, examines its social underpinnings outlines historical dynamics.
A comparison of the absolute coordinates used in space reference by sixteen Austronesian languages makes it possible to propose a hypothesis regarding geocentric system Proto-Oceanic: on land, one up-down axis defined declivity ground; at sea, second motivated prevailing trade winds. After reconstructing Proto-Oceanic, we model principal paths evolution that derived from historically and led diverse systems attested modern Oceanic languages.
This study describes and explains the paradox of related languages in contact that show signs both linguistic divergence convergence. Seventeen distinct are spoken northernmost islands Vanuatu. These closely Oceanic have evolved from an earlier dialect network, by progressive diversification. Innovations affecting word forms — mostly sound change lexical replacement usually spread only short distances across network; their accumulation over time has resulted fragmentation, as each...
The typologist reader is presented here with an overview of the most interesting characteristics Mwotlap, Oceanic language Vanuatu. After a short presentation its phonology, main morphosyntactic categories are described and explored from functional angle. construal noun phrases reveals cognitive asymmetry between human individuals other referents. Nouns, just like verbs or adjectives, predicative, even sensitive to tense-aspect-mood markers actionality properties. argument structure verb can...
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Complex segments consisting of two phases are potentially ambivalent as to which phase determines their phonemic status – e.g. whether / is a stop or nasal. This theoretical problem addressed here with respect typologically unusual phoneme in Hiw, an endangered Oceanic language Vanuatu. complex segment, /, combines velar voiced and lateral approximant. Similar phonemes, the few languages have them, been variously described (laterally released) stops, affricates (prestopped) laterals. The...
Abstract Whether it is based on philological data or reconstruction, historical linguistics formulates etymological hypotheses that entail changes both in form and meaning. Semantic change can be understood as a “patterns of lexification”, i. e., correspondences between forms senses. Thus polysemous word, which once lexified senses s1–s2–s3, evolves so later encodes s2–s3–s4. Meanings used to colexified are now dislexified, vice versa. Leaning empirical from Romance Oceanic, this study...
We consider linear recurrent neural networks, which have become a key building block of sequence modeling due to their ability for stable and effective long-range modeling. In this paper, we aim at characterizing on simple but core copy task, whose goal is build filter order $S$ that approximates the looks $K$ time steps in past (which refer as shift-$K$ filter), where larger than $S$. Using classical signal models quadratic cost, fully characterize problem by providing lower bounds...
Data collected on the 17 languages spoken in Banks and Torres Islands (northern Vanuatu) reveal strikingly diverse vowel systems, differing both quality quantity of their phonemes. Except for Mota, which still perpetuates five vowels Proto-Oceanic, this area have historically increased inventories to as many 13 even 16 vowels. The aim paper is track systematic correspondences between modern common ancestor, reconstruct processes that led present-day phonemic diversity. phonemicization new...
The Vanuatu archipelago served as a gateway to Remote Oceania during one of the most extensive human migrations uninhabited lands ∼3,000 years ago. Ancient DNA studies suggest an initial settlement by East Asian-related peoples that was quickly followed arrival Papuan-related populations, leading major population turnover. Yet there is uncertainty over processes and sociocultural factors have shaped genomic diversity ni-Vanuatu, who present nowadays among world's highest linguistic cultural...
Some twenty years ago, Paul Geraghty offered a large-scale survey of the retention and loss Proto-Oceanic *R across Eastern Oceanic languages, concluded that was "lost in proportion to distance from Western Oceanic." This paper aims at testing Geraghty's hypothesis based on larger body data now available, with primary focus tightly knit set languages spoken Vanuatu. By observing dialectology individual lexical items this region, I show boundaries between retaining vs. losing differ for each...
The present paper intends to highlight the power of Comparative Method when reconstructing morphological history modern languages, even in absence written documents. Banks and Torres Islands North Vanuatu are home 17 distinct Oceanic languages. This documents, for first time, paradigms independent personal pronouns all these languages – 260 forms total. It then compares them systematically with paradigm reconstructed their common ancestor Proto (Ross 1998). rigour inherent enable us identify...
In Mwotlap, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu, the principal device for referring to space is a paradigm six directionals. Organized in pairs, these morphemes define three ways draw vector space: by reference salient participant (hither-thither); asymmetry perceptible within immediate, local setting (up-down; in-out); or fixed, absolute system four horizontal quadrants (also lexified as up-down; in-out). These "coordinate sets" can be shown obey strict hierarchy, determining which one speaker...