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AC2-VAMBRYM1A
Title Bound dissertation (draft). W. F. Paton, The language and life of Ambrym, an Island in the New Hebrides
Description Typescript (carbon). (Paton's PhD thesis). In addition to introducing material, the work is in independent sections, each with self-contained page numbering, viz. -- Tales of Ambrym pp 1-50 -- Customs of Ambrym pp 1-72 -- Ambrym Grammar pp 1-74 -- Dictionaries -- English-Ambrym (2 dialects) pp 1-63 -- Ambrym-English pp 1-207 -- Note: Sections of Paton's thesis have been published in revised form (cf Pacific Linguistics). It is too large to copy into the computerised database, but will be lodged at the National Library of Australia's archive as part of the Capell Papers. It was originally submitted for the award of D. Litt at an unspecified British university. The correspondence is copied and cross-referenced. Peter J.F. Newton.
Date of recording estimated at 1950's.

The description is "The language and life of Ambrym". The Region is Ambrym and Paama of Malampa Province, North Vanuatu.
The multiple languages involve six (6) languages namely; Ambym, North (mmg), Ambrym, Southeast (tvk), Lonwolwol (crc), Daakaka (bpa), Port Vato (ptv), Paama (pma) of Malampa Province, North Vanuatu.
The actual languages and codes replaces the multiple languages and undetermined language in Content and Subject languages with codes 'mul' and 'und'.
(Steven Gagau, April 2018)
Origination date 1950-01-01
Origination date free form 1950s
Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC2/VAMBRYM1A
URL http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/VAMBRYM.htm#AMBRYM1A
Collector
Arthur Capell
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Language as given Ambrym
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Region / village Ambrym, Paama, Malampa Province, North Vanuatu
Originating university University of Sydney
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Roles W.F. Paton : author
DOI 10.4225/72/56EC18436B072
Cite as Arthur Capell (collector), W.F. Paton (author), 1950. Bound dissertation (draft). W. F. Paton, The language and life of Ambrym, an Island in the New Hebrides. JPEG. AC2-VAMBRYM1A at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EC18436B072
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Collection Information
Collection ID AC2
Collection title Images from Arthur Capell's Pacific field notes
Description Digital images of Arthur Capell's Pacific field notes and related materials. Images from countries including Papua New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon islands, New Zealand, Indonesia, American Samoa, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Philippines, Timor-Leste and Vanuatu. The original documents are held at the National Library of Australia. The catalog of Capell's papers was prepared by his executor, Peter Newton.
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