Investigates space as a knowledge domain in particular the linguistic, mental and cultural representations of spatial relationships in Oceania.

The category P belongs to a less studied area in theoretical linguistics, which has only recently attracted considerable attention. This volume brings together

Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia.

This is the second in a series of five volumes on the lexicon of Proto Oceanic, the ancestor of the Oceanic branch of the Austronesian language family. Each vol

In this study, the author describes the linguistic expression of space in Caac, an endangered and under-documented Oceanic language spoken in New Caledonia, fro