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Guide to the Joseph H. Greenberg Notebooks Documenting Pacific Languages
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  • Overview
  • Administrative Information
  • Biographical/Historical Sketch
  • Description of the Collection
  • Access Terms

  • 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.