Guide to the Joseph H. Greenberg Notebooks Documenting Pacific Languages
Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries.
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
October 2010
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Overview
Call Number: SC0521
Creator:
Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001
Title: Joseph H. Greenberg notebooks documenting Pacific languages
Dates: circa 1969-1971
Physical Description:
1 Linear feet (2 boxes)
Summary: Thirteen volumes of background data on non-Austronesian and non-Australian languages of the Pacific area used in preparing
his article "The Indo-Pacific Hypothesis" in TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS (1971). Ten of the volumes are labeled "New Guinea"; other
volumes include "Language enumerations, sources, and misc. grammatical notes," and "Language not assigned to any subgroup."
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Joseph H. Greenberg, 1996.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the
Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Cite As
Joseph H. Greenberg Notebooks Documenting Pacific Languages (SC0521). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Professor of linguistics at Stanford University.
Description of the Collection
Thirteen volumes of background data on non-Austronesian and non-Australian languages of the Pacific area used in preparing
his article "The Indo-Pacific Hypothesis" in TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS (1971). Ten of the volumes are labeled "New Guinea"; other
volumes include "Language enumerations, sources, and misc. grammatical notes," and "Language not assigned to any subgroup."
Access Terms
Greenberg, Joseph H. (Joseph Harold), 1915-2001
Stanford University. Department of Linguistics. Faculty.
Linguistics.
Notebooks.
Pacific Area--Languages--Classification.
Papuan languages--Classification.
Box 2, Folder 5
Language enumerations, sources, misc. grammatical notes
Box 2, Folder 6
Indo-Pacific family languages not assigned to any sub-group
