37.2914, TOC: Te Reo – The Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand 68 / 3 (2025)

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Date: 14-Sep-2026
From: Victoria Chen [victoria.chen at vuw.ac.nz]
Subject: Te Reo – The Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand Vol. 68, No. 3 (2025)


Publisher: The Journal of the Linguistic Society of New Zealand
https://nzlingsoc.org/journal/about-the-journal-te-reo/

Journal Title: Te Reo – The Journal of the Linguistic Society of New
Zealand
Volume Number: 68
Issue Number: 3
Issue Date: 2025
https://nzlingsoc.org/journal/current-issue/?journal_volumes=320&journal_keyword=#form-journal-article-filter

Subtitle: Vanuatu languages in action

Main Text:

Te Reo 68(3) Special Issue: Vanuatu languages in action
(Guest editors: Tihomir Rangelov, Eleanor Ridge, Lana Takau, Victoria
Chen)
Introduction: Vanuatu languages in action
Tihomir Rangelov, Eleanor Ridge & Lana Takau | pp. 1–4
Towards a National Sign Language in Vanuatu
Angelinah Eldads Vira, Leniker Thomas & Rachel Miles | pp. 5–19
English and Bislama in professional contexts: Perspective from an
intelligibility study in Vanuatu
Cindy Schneider, Charlotte Gooskens, Owen Kapelle & Inés Antón-Méndez
| pp. 20–60
Developing a critical thinking course in Bislama
Lyndal Webb & Ross Webb | pp. 61–70
Implementation of Vanuatu’s vernacular language policy: Insights from
primary schools in West Ambae
Reuben Tarihehe & Fiona Willans | pp. 71–105
Vernacular language use in schools: Teachers’ perspectives on
implementing the Vanuatu National Language Policy
Michael Franjieh, Emily Clark, Greville G. Corbett & Alexandra
Grandison | pp. 106–130
Yumi stori: How we can use the Melanesian methodology of tok
stori/storian to better inform orthography decisions
Brittany Hoback | pp. 131–144
Changing winds: Notes on the vilyhoru of Erromango, Vanuatu
Anna Naupa & Helen Naupa | pp. 144–160
Two early Nafe (Kwamera) language catechisms from Tanna (Vanuatu)
Lamont Lindstrom | pp. 161–184
Myths, tales or history? On two storytelling traditions in Vanuatu
Sandrine Bessis & Alexandre François | pp. 185–218

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Language Documentation
                     Morphology
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Bislama (bis, bisl1239)
                     Burmbar (vrt, burm1263)
                     Kwamera (tnk, kwam1252)
                     Merei (lmb, mere1242)
                     West Ambae (nnd, west2513)

Language Family(ies): Austronesian (aust1307)
                      Central Vanuatu (cent2269)
                      North and Central Vanuatu (nort3195)
                      Oceanic (ocea1241)
                      Southern Vanuatu (sout2868)



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