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AU PMB MS 1056
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- 1897-1938 {Bulk: 1913-38} (Creation)
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3 reels; 35mm microfilm
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Highly regarded German linguist who researched and published extensively on the languages of Africa, South East Asia and Oceania. Much of Dempwolff's Pacific field research was carried out in German New Guinea during the years 1909-14.<BR>(See: Robert Blust, Dempwolff's contributions to Austronesian linguisitics, Afrika und Ubersee, vol. 71, no. 2, 1988, pp. 167-76)
Handwritten and typescript notes and drafts, mostly in German, on the languages of New Guinea and Tahiti, with some comparative material drawing upon some languages of South East Asia (eg: Tagalog and Malay) and New Caledonia. The bulk of the material was written by Dempwolff in preparation for academic publication during the 1920s and 1930s. Also included is some associated correspondence and some research notes made during field work. The New Guinea languages covered include Tuna (New Britain), Kate, Graged, Sia, Jabem, Adzera, and Sepa. The material on the Tahitian language draws upon information supplied by Christian Schacht.<BR>A detailed inventory appears at the beginning of each reel.
See Finding aids for details.
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Available for reference, but no part of the manuscripts may br used in publication without the prior consent of the Seminar fur Indonesische und Sudseesprachen.
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Seminar fur Indonesische und Sudseesprachen Universitat Hamburg, Bogengallee 11, 2000, Hamburg 13, GERMANY
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Access this title at PMB Member Libraries or by contacting the Bureau directly: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/pambu/accessing.php
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ms1056
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Digitised in November 2016. This reel was split into 22 PDFs for the digital version.
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