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AC2-SIBIL102
Title Letter from George B. Milner about Bilua
Description 2 page typed manuscript. -- Letter from George B. Milner, SOAS, London University, to Capell. Refers to Capell's SPC Survey and his own work on Bilua (or Vekala) and reasons for delays in refining his work for publication. He is happy for Capell to comment on what is available. Comments on the use of glottochronology and lexicostatistics studies, the increasing dominance of linguistics fields by Americans and the difficulties experienced by the late J. R. Firth after his appointment to the first British Chair of Linguistics in 1944.
Origination date 1961-03-15
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Archive link https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/AC2/SIBIL102
URL http://paradisec.org.au/fieldnotes/SIBIL.htm#SIBIL102
Collector
Arthur Capell
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Language as given Bilua
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Region / village Vella Lavella Island, Western Province
Originating university University of Sydney
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Data Categories primary text
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Roles Arthur Capell : researcher
Peter Newton : depositor
George B. Milner : author
DOI 10.4225/72/56EACE750A967
Cite as Arthur Capell (collector), Arthur Capell (researcher), Peter Newton (depositor), George B. Milner (author), 1961. Letter from George B. Milner about Bilua. JPEG. AC2-SIBIL102 at catalog.paradisec.org.au. https://dx.doi.org/10.4225/72/56EACE750A967
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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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