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 foot (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
Stanford University Libraries
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: speccollref@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html
Administrative Information
Provenance
Gift of Joseph H. Greenberg, 1996.
Information about Access
This collection is open for research.
Ownership & Copyright
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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. Dept. of
Linguistics--Faculty.
linguistics
Notebooks.
Pacific Area--Languages--Classification.
Papuan languages--Classification.
Collection Contents
Box 2, Folder 5
Language enumerations, sources, misc. grammatical notes
Box 2, Folder 6
Indo-Pacific family languages not assigned to any sub-group
