Table of Contents

Part I. The Languages of Torres Straits: 1. Introduction; 2. A grammar of the language spoken by the western islanders of Torres Straits; 3. A grammar of the Miriam language spoken by the eastern islanders of Torres Straits; 4. A vocabulary of the language of Mabuiag; 5. A vocabulary of the Miriam language spoken by the eastern islanders of Torres Straits; 6. A list of introduced and adapted words; 7. An English index to the Mabuiag and Miriam vocabularies; 8. The literature of the western islanders of Torres Straits; 9. The literature of the eastern islanders of Torres Straits; 10. The jargon English of Torres Straits; 11. The gesture language of the western islanders C. G. Seligmann and A. Wilkin; 12. The gesture language of the eastern islanders A. C. Haddon; 13. Fire signals in Torres Straits C. G. Seligmann and A. C. Haddon; Part II. The Languages of Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland: 14. Introduction; 15. Structure of the languages; 16. The Yaraikăna language of Cape York; 17. Vocabulary of the Otati language spoken at Cape Grenville C. G. Seligmann and G. Pimm; 18. A short comparative vocabulary of the Languages of Cape York Peninsula; Part III. The Languages of British New Guinea: 19. Introduction; 20. Classification; 21. Geographical distribution of the Papuan and Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 22. Papuan languages west of the Fly River; 23. A grammar of the Kiwai language with notes on the Mawata dialect; 24. The languages of the Papuan Gulf; 25. Grammar notes on the Namau language spoken in the Purari Delta; 26. A grammar of the Toaripi language spoken at the eastern end of the Gulf of Papua; 27. Papuan languages of the central British New Guinea; 28. Grammar notes on the Koita language spoken in the Central District, British New Guinea; 29. Papuan languages of the north eastern coast; 30. Grammar Notes on the Binandele language spoken in the north east of British New Guinea; 31. Papuan languages of the south eastern coast and Louisiade Archipelago; 32. A comparative vocabulary of the Papuan languages of British New Guinea; 33. The Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 34. Phonology of the Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 35. A comparative grammar of the Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 36. Numeration and numerals in the Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 37. Comparative vocabulary of the Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; Part IV. The Linguistic Position of the Languages of Torrres Straits, Australia, and British New Guinea: 38. Introduction; 39. Linguistic position of the languages of Torres Straits; 40. Linguistic position of the Australian languages; 41. Linguistic position of the Papuan languages; 42. Linguistic position of the Melanesian languages of British New Guinea; 43. General linguistic summary; Maps.

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This third volume compiles the linguistic results of an ethnographical research expedition in the Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Borneo.