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Format: 1 online resource (557 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 3-11-037691-1

Content: The vast territory of French Polynesia is home to seven distinct languages – Tahitian, Austral, Rapa, Mangarevan, North Marquesan, South Marquesan, and Pa’umotu – which in turn show internal variation. The fruit of ten years of joint work by two linguists of French CNRS, Jean-Michel Charpentier and Alexandre François, the Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia pays tribute to the rich linguistic landscape of the country by documenting thoroughly twenty different communalects, in the form of 2250 maps. Organised by topics (body, life, individual and society, culture and technology, flora and fauna), these lexical maps are supplemented by explanatory notes and indexes in French, English, Tahitian. Text chapters in French and English present the social profile and the historical dynamics of the territory’s languages, which are all endangered to various extents. Published in open access, this multilingual and comparative atlas provides an essential reference to scholars and teachers alike, as well as to a broader audience keen to explore and preserve the linguistic heritage of the Pacific region. Tahitian translation is available as supplementary material on this page.

Note: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph , Complete eBook -- , Front matter -- , Sommaire / Table of Contents -- , Hommage à Jean-Michel Charpentier -- , Remerciements -- , Acknowledgments -- , Section I. L'Atlas Linguistique de la Polynésie française -- , Section II. Histoire sociolinguistique de la Polynésie française -- , Section III. Le plurilinguisme en Polynésie française: Histoire et avenir -- , Section IV. The Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia -- , Section V. Sociolinguistic history of French Polynesia -- , Section VI. Multilingualism in French Polynesia: Past and future -- , Section VII. Taxonomie sémantique -- , Section VIII. Semantic taxonomy -- , Section IX. Index des cartes / Map index -- , Section X. Les cartes / The maps -- , Les cartes sections 1-4 / The maps sections 1-4 -- , Les cartes section 5 / The maps section 5 -- , Les cartes section 6 / The maps section 6 -- , Les cartes section 7 / The maps section 7 -- , Les cartes sections 8-10 / The maps sections 8-10 -- , Section XI. Index français / French finderlist -- , Section XII. Index anglais / English finderlist -- , Section XIII. Index tahitien / Tahitian finderlist -- , Section XIV. Bibliographie / References , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-11-022802-5

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-11-026035-2

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9783110260359