

Published by Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Canberra ACT 0200 AustraliaĬopyright in this edition is vested with Pacific Linguistics First published 2006 Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies The Australian National University Lillian Huang, National Taiwan Normal University Bambang Kaswanti Purwo, Universitas Atma Jaya Marian Klamer, Universiteit Leiden Harold Koch, The Australian National University Frantisek Lichtenberk, University of Auckland John Lynch, University of the South Pacific Patrick McConvell, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies William McGregor, Aarhus Universitet Ulrike Mosel, Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel Claire Moyse-Faurie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Bernd Nothofer, Johann Wolfgang GoetheUniversität Frankfurt am Main Ger Reesink, Universiteit Leiden Lawrence Reid, University of Hawai‘i Jean-Claude Rivierre, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Melenaite Taumoefolau, University of Auckland Tasaku Tsunoda, University of Tokyo John Wolff, Cornell University Elizabeth Zeitoun, Academica SinicaĬolloquial Jakartan Indonesian James Neil Sneddon Edmondson, University of Texas at Arlington Nicholas Evans, University of Melbourne Margaret Florey, Monash University William Foley, University of Sydney Karl Franklin, Summer Institute of Linguistics Charles Grimes, Universitas Kristen Artha Wacana Kupang Nikolaus Himmelmann, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Karen Adams, Arizona State University Alexander Adelaar, University of Melbourne Peter Austin, School of Oriental and African Studies Byron Bender, University of Hawai‘i Walter Bisang, Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz Robert Blust, University of Hawai‘i David Bradley, La Trobe University Lyle Campbell, University of Utah James Collins, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Bernard Comrie, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Soenjono Dardjowidjojo, Universitas Atma Jaya Matthew Dryer, State University of New York at Buffalo Jerold A. John Bowden, Malcolm Ross and Darrell Tryon (Managing Editors), I Wayan Arka, David Nash, Andrew Pawley, Paul Sidwell, Jane Simpson Publications are refereed by scholars with relevant expertise, who are usually not members of the editorial board. The authors and editors of Pacific Linguistics publications are drawn from a wide range of institutions around the world.



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