<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">dear Austronesianists,<br><br>It is my great pleasure to announce today the publication of a new lexicographic reference: <i><b> <br><br></b></i></span><div style="text-align:center"><div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(76,17,48)"><span style="color:rgb(116,27,71)"><b>The Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia</b></span><br></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br>The joint work of <b>Jean-Michel Charpentier</b> (LACITO-CNRS; UPF) and <b>Alexandre François </b>(LACITO-CNRS; A.N.U.), this 2562-page volume documents the diversity of dialects
and languages of this vast territory of the Pacific.<br><br>It is published jointly by the Université de la Polynésie française (UPF) and by deGruyter. The atlas is released in <i>Open access</i>, and can be freely downloaded by anyone.<br><br></span>
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<p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Charpentier, Jean-Michel & Alexandre François. 2015. <br></span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span><i>Atlas Linguistique de Polynésie Française</i></span><i> —
<span>Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia</span></i></b>. <br>
Berlin, Papeete: Mouton de Gruyter & Université de la Polynésie Française.
2562 pp. <span>(ISBN : 978-3-11-026035-9)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><font><a href="http://alex.francois.free.fr/AF-LAFP_e.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><b>Homepage of the atlas</b>, including download links</span></a></font><font size="1"><a href="http://alex.francois.free.fr/AF-LAFP_e.htm" target="_blank"></a></font><br></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(120,63,4)">Presentation</span></b><br></span><div><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The vast territory of French Polynesia is home to seven distinct Polynesian languages
– Tahitian, Austral, Ra'ivavae, Rapa, Mangarevan, Pa'umotu and Marquesan – which in turn show internal variation. The
fruit of ten years of collaboration by two linguists of French CNRS,
Jean-Michel Charpentier (†) and Alexandre François, the <i>Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia</i>
pays tribute to the rich linguistic landscape of the country by
documenting thoroughly twenty different communalects, in the form of
2253 maps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The atlas combines data from earlier lexicographic publications, with primary data collected by J-M. Charpentier during numerous field trips to the country's five archipelagoes. Several languages (particularly Austral, Ra'ivavae, Rapa) are here documented in depth for the first time.<br></span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Organised by topics (body, life, individual and society, culture and
technology, flora and fauna), these lexical maps are supplemented by
explanatory notes, as well as 200 pages of indexes in French, English, Tahitian. Text
chapters in French and English present the social profile and the
historical dynamics of the territory's languages, which are all
endangered to various extents. Published in open access,
this multilingual and comparative atlas provides an essential reference
to scholars and teachers alike, as well as to a broader audience keen
to explore and preserve the linguistic heritage of the Pacific region. </span></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The volume was officially launched by A. François at the <i>Université de la Polynésie française</i>, in Tahiti, on 26 February 2015.</span><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">_______<br></span></p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Hopefully, this publication will increase our knowledge of Polynesian languages, and will be useful to Oceanic and Austronesian specialists.</span><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Feel free to <a href="http://alex.francois.free.fr/AF-LAFP_e.htm">download</a> the volume, and make the most of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">best,<br></span></p><p><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Alex François<br clear="all"></span></p><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
<div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">_________</span></div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><span><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)">Alexandre François<br>
<a href="http://lacito.vjf.cnrs.fr/membres/francois.htm" target="_blank">LACITO-CNRS</a>, France<br> <a href="https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/francois-a" target="_blank">Australian National University</a>, Canberra<br>
<a href="http://alex.francois.free.fr" target="_blank">Personal homepage</a><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(56,118,29)"><span><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(69,129,142)"><a href="http://alex.francois.free.fr/AF-LAFP_e.htm">Linguistic atlas of French Polynesia</a><br></span></font></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">__________________</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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