Contents

Articles

1 An examination of a possible correlation between the tone distinction of the word-initial mora of Old Japanese words and the voicing distinction of the word-initial consonant of the putative matching Austronesian words’ (PDF 2.28MB)

Yoshizo Itabashi

2 The Japanese language spoken by elderly Yap people: oral proficiency and grammatical aspects (PDF 1.84MB)

Masumi Kai

3 The return of the dead or the visit of the demon spirit? : The anxiety of the influences of “White Men” cultures among East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (PDF 379KB)

Toru Kamimura

4 Preliminary study: Investigating the ability of first year students to write effective essays at the University of Papua New Guinea (PDF 162KB [only Abstract])

Wari Sarea Kanama and Joyce Pogla

Discussion notes

5 Papua New Guinea English (PDF 42KB [only Abstract])

Jillian Thiele

6 The challenges and successes of the French course at the University of Goroka (PDF 193KB)

Dawn Solevad Ilai