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Articles 1 - 16 of 16
Full-Text Articles in Polynesian Studies
Automatic Glossing In Under-Resourced Languages: Case Studies In Bribri And Cook Islands Māori, Carter D. Anderson
Automatic Glossing In Under-Resourced Languages: Case Studies In Bribri And Cook Islands Māori, Carter D. Anderson
Linguistics Undergraduate Senior Theses
Interlinear glossing is a major task in Indigenous language documentation. In this paper, I explore how effectively two Large Language Models, ByT5 and Gemini 2.5 Flash, can produce interlinear glossed text. I also examine how prompting an LLM with different types of information (dictionary entries, other training samples, and translations) can augment model performance. I apply these models to two under-resourced Indigenous languages: Bribri, which is morphologically complex from Costa Rica, and Cook Islands Māori, which has a simpler morphology and is from the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean. ByT5 exhibits much better performance when glossing Cook Islands Māori …
Lingua Franca And Vernacular: Language Use And Language Change On Sikaiana, William W. Donner
Lingua Franca And Vernacular: Language Use And Language Change On Sikaiana, William W. Donner
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
The Truth And Other Irrelevant Aspects Of Nukulaelae Gossip, Niko Besnier
The Truth And Other Irrelevant Aspects Of Nukulaelae Gossip, Niko Besnier
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Borrowed Moieties, Borrowed Names: Sociolinguistic Contact Between Tanna And Futuna-Aniwa, Vanuatu, John Lynch, Kenneth Fakamuria
Borrowed Moieties, Borrowed Names: Sociolinguistic Contact Between Tanna And Futuna-Aniwa, Vanuatu, John Lynch, Kenneth Fakamuria
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Richard Moyle's Review Of Ingjerd Hoëm, Even Hovdhaugen, And Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen's Kupu Mai Te Tutolu: Tokelau Oral Literature, Richard Moyle
Richard Moyle's Review Of Ingjerd Hoëm, Even Hovdhaugen, And Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen's Kupu Mai Te Tutolu: Tokelau Oral Literature, Richard Moyle
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Heteroglossia In Samoan Oratory, Alessandro Duranti
Heteroglossia In Samoan Oratory, Alessandro Duranti
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Talking Economics In Tahitian: A Few Comments, Jean-François Baré
Talking Economics In Tahitian: A Few Comments, Jean-François Baré
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Mario Califano's Review Of Olaf Blixen's ‘I Te Matamu‘A: Fundamentos De La Cosmovisión Polinesia, Mario Califano
Mario Califano's Review Of Olaf Blixen's ‘I Te Matamu‘A: Fundamentos De La Cosmovisión Polinesia, Mario Califano
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Jeannette Marie Mageo's Review Of Elinor Ochs's Culture And Language Development: Language Acquisition And Language Socialization In A Samoan Village, Jeannette Marie Mageo
Jeannette Marie Mageo's Review Of Elinor Ochs's Culture And Language Development: Language Acquisition And Language Socialization In A Samoan Village, Jeannette Marie Mageo
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Code Switching And Conflict Management In Samoan Multiparty Interaction, Alessandro Duranti
Code Switching And Conflict Management In Samoan Multiparty Interaction, Alessandro Duranti
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Richard Moyle's Review Of Even Hovdhaugen's From The Land Of Nafanua: Samoan Oral Texts In Transcription With Translation, Notes And Vocabulary, Richard Moyle
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski
Paul Alan Cox And Joel C. Janetski's Review Of Patrick Vinton Kirch's The Evolution Of The Polynesian Chiefdoms, Paul Alan Cox, Joel C. Janetski
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Niko Besnier's Review Of Janet W. D. Dougherty's West Futuna-Aniwa: An Introduction To A Polynesian Outlier Language, Niko Besnier
Niko Besnier's Review Of Janet W. D. Dougherty's West Futuna-Aniwa: An Introduction To A Polynesian Outlier Language, Niko Besnier
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Fish Names Of Wallis Island (Uvea), Karl H. Rensch
Fish Names Of Wallis Island (Uvea), Karl H. Rensch
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Book Review Forum On Bradd Shore's Sala‘Ilua: A Samoan Mystery, Thelma S. Baker, James R. Bindon, Jacob Wainwright, Bradd Shore
Book Review Forum On Bradd Shore's Sala‘Ilua: A Samoan Mystery, Thelma S. Baker, James R. Bindon, Jacob Wainwright, Bradd Shore
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.
Valerio Valeri's Review Of Richard Feinberg's Anuta: Social Structure Of A Polynesian Island, Valerio Valeri
Valerio Valeri's Review Of Richard Feinberg's Anuta: Social Structure Of A Polynesian Island, Valerio Valeri
Pacific Studies
No abstract provided.