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Personal profile
Biography
Current projects: Collaborating with Malcolm Ross and Meredith Osmond on a seven volume series using lexical comparisons to reconstruct the culture and environment of Proto Oceanic speakers; completing dictionaries of Kalam (Papua New Guinea), Wayan (Western Fiji) and Gela (Solomon Is.); collaborating with Ian Saem Majnep on a book on Kalam ethnobotany.
Career highlights
Taught linguistics in the Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland from 1965-1989, with periods at UPNG (1969) and U. Hawaii (1973-78). Moved to ANU in 1990. Taught at the Linguistic Society of America's summer Institute in 1977 and 1985. Sabbaticals at Berkeley (1983), U. Frankfurt (1994), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (2001).
Qualifications
BA (NZ), MA, PhD (University of Auckland), FRSNZ, FAHA
Research interests
Austronesian and Papuan languages and cultures, the prehistory of Pacific Island peoples, folk taxonomies and ethnobiology, lexicography, phraseology and idiomaticity.
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John Dominic Lynch (1946-2021)
Geraghty, P. & Pawley, A., 2021, In: Oceanic Linguistics. 60, 2, p. 489-502Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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On rank and leadership in proto oceanic society
Pawley, A., 19 Jan 2021, In: Journal de la Societe des Oceanistes. 151, 2, p. 223-238 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Ancient DNA and its contribution to understanding the human history of the Pacific Islands
Bedford, S., Blust, R., Burley, D. V., Cox, M., Kirch, P. V., Matisoo-Smith, E., Næss, Å., Pawley, A., Sand, C. & Sheppard, P., Oct 2018, In: Archaeology in Oceania. 53, 3, p. 205-219 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
15 Citations (Scopus) -
The Trans New Guinea Family
Pawley, A. & Hammarstrom, H., 2018, The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. B. P. (ed.). 1 ed. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton, Vol. 1. p. 21-195Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
43 Citations (SciVal) -
Were the first Lapita colonisers of Remote Oceania farmers as well as foragers?
Pawley, A., 2018, New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory. P. P. H. M. A. D. B. (ed.). 1 ed. Acton, Australia: ANU Press, Vol. 45. p. 293-310Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Projects
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Proto Oceanic Language, People and Society: Foundations of the Austronesian Settlement of the Pacific
Pawley, A. (PI) & Ross, M. (CoI)
1/01/06 → 31/12/09
Project: Research
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Consolidation and expansion of PARADISEC, Pacific and Regional Archive of Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures
Pawley, A. (PI), Bowden, F. (CoI), Ross, M. (CoI) & Rumsey, A. (CoI)
1/01/05 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
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Proquinity: Population, subsistence and environment
Pawley, A. (PI)
1/01/05 → 31/12/05
Project: Research
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Quadriga System for Research Archive of Pacific Region Audio Recordings
Pawley, A. (PI)
1/01/03 → 31/12/03
Project: Research