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PNG Bibliography

Language: Benabena

Anthropology

• SHAW, R. Daniel, editor. 1974. Kinship studies in Papua New Guinea.
• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1968. "Words under a bushel."
• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1974. "The social hierarchy of the Bena-Bena."

Arithmetic

• Napa hapaʼa 1, 2. 1971.

Case grammar

• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2006; Created: 1969?. A tentative case grammar in Benabena. Available online

Dictionaries and vocabularies

• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, compilers. Available: 2006; Created: 1975?. Benabena dictionary. Available online

Ethnography

• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1968. "Words under a bushel."

Grammatical descriptions

• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2006; Created: 1969?. A tentative case grammar in Benabena. Available online

Health and hygiene

• Kosihi fatehaka nehabe. 1973.

Kinship studies

• SHAW, R. Daniel, editor. 1974. Kinship studies in Papua New Guinea.
• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1974. "The social hierarchy of the Bena-Bena."

Lexicons

• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, compilers. Available: 2006; Created: 1975?. Benabena dictionary. Available online

Linguistics

• PENCE, Alan R., editor. 1964. Verb studies in five New Guinea languages. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1964. "The primary verb in Bena-bena." Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1970. The verb in Bena-bena: its form and function.
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1971. The verb in Bena-bena: its form and function.
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 2009. A generative phonology of the verb in Bena-Bena. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2006; Created: 1969?. A tentative case grammar in Benabena. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1970?. Bena-Bena sentences. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1975-08. Notes on the dialect differences of Bena-bena. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, authors. 1965. "The three dimensional classification system of Bena-bena nouns."
• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1961. The phonemes of Bena-Bena (a routine statement). Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, compilers. Available: 2006; Created: 1975?. Benabena dictionary. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert, compiler. 1992. Benabena Organised Phonology Data. Available online
• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1962. "The phonemes of Kanite, Kamano, Benabena, and Gahuku."

Morphophonemics

• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1975-08. Notes on the dialect differences of Bena-bena. Available online

Noun classification

• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, authors. 1965. "The three dimensional classification system of Bena-bena nouns."

Phonological descriptions

• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 2009. A generative phonology of the verb in Bena-Bena. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A.; YOUNG, Rosemary, authors. Available: 2009; Created: 1961. The phonemes of Bena-Bena (a routine statement). Available online
• YOUNG, Robert, compiler. 1992. Benabena Organised Phonology Data. Available online
• YOUNG, Rosemary, author. 1962. "The phonemes of Kanite, Kamano, Benabena, and Gahuku."

Phrase books

• Bena-bena ka—Pisini ka—Igilisi ka. 1971.

Prereading

• Egoloto kehelilane. 1964.

Primers

• Ka hapaʼa 1-4. 1967.

Readers

• Gamani hapaʼa yabe. 1972.
• Kale, uili uili, boti balusi huto huʼehina ka yabe. 1968.
• Leka sobo 1-4. 1967.

Sentences

• YOUNG, Robert A., author. Available: 2009; Created: 1970?. Bena-Bena sentences. Available online

Social studies

• Matiasiu gamani muʼi kaga luʼehina yabe. 1972.
• Pitau tini miti mina nofibe. 1971.

Verbs

• PENCE, Alan R., editor. 1964. Verb studies in five New Guinea languages. Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1964. "The primary verb in Bena-bena." Available online
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1970. The verb in Bena-bena: its form and function.
• YOUNG, Robert A., author. 1971. The verb in Bena-bena: its form and function.

List of Benabena works available online

Ethnologue entry
ISO 639 identifier: [bef]