Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia / Atlas linguistique de la Polynésie française /

Charpentier, Jean-Michel,

Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia / Atlas linguistique de la Polynésie française / Jean-Michel Charpentier, Alexandre François. - 1 online resource

Approx. 2200 maps.

Complete eBook -- Frontmatter -- 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 -- 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.

This is the first linguistic atlas ever produced on the indigenous languages of French Polynesia. By providing each word with its translation in 20 different islands, its 2250 maps constitute an important reference for anyone interested in Polynesian languages. The atlas illustrates the linguistic unity and diversity of this immense archipelago, on the eastern wing of the Polynesian world.


J.-M. Charpentier (, CNRS-LACITO and Université de la Polynésie Française, Papeete; A. François, CNRS-LACITO and ANU, Canberra.


In English, French.

9783110260359 3110260352 9783110228021 3110228025

10.1515/9783110260359 doi


Linguistics and Semiotics--Applied Linguistics--Lexicography.
Linguistics and Semiotics--Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines--Dialectology.
Linguistics and Semiotics--Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines--Linguistics, other.
Sprache, Linguistik.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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