Research Results
The following is a list of papers, reports, and publications resulting from recent research on the Western Pantar language.
Papers
- Holton, Gary. 2009. Person-marking, verb classes, and the notion of grammatical alignment in Western Pantar (Lamma). Typological and Areal Analyses: Contributions from East Nusantara, ed. by M. Ewing & M. Klamer. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. [pdf]
- Klamer, Marian, Gary Holton, and Frantisek Kratochvil. 2009. The lexicostatistical and comparative method applied to the Papuan languages of Alor-Pantar (Eastern Indonesia): A (re)assessment. Paper presented at the Swadesh Centenary Conference. Leipzig, January 17-18. [pdf]
- Holton, Gary. 2008. Pantar landscape categories. Paper presented at the Workshop on Landscape in Language. Chinle, Arizona, October 27-November 1. [pdf]
- Holton, Gary. 2007. Pronouns and pronominal prefixes in Alor-Pantar (Trans New Guinea). Paper presented at the Workshop on Papuan Languages. Manokwari, August 8-10. [pdf]
- Holton, Gary & Mahalalel Lamma Koly. 2007. What is bahasa Lamma? Language names, dialectology, and the future of endangered languages. Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference. Kupang, August 1-3. [pdf]
- Holton, Gary. 2007. Spatial orientation in Western Pantar (Lamma). Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference. Kupang, August 1-3. [pdf]
- Holton, Gary. 2005. Grammatical relations in Western Pantar. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America. Oakland, California, January 6-9. [pdf]
Books
- Holton, Gary & Mahalalel Lamma Koly. 2008. Kamus Pengantar Bahasa Pantar Barat (Companion Dictionary of Western Pantar). Kupang, Indonesia: UBB-GMIT. [html | pdf]
Reports