The comparative method of historical linguistics provides a tool by which to adduce the likely contact languages for
Austronesian loan words in TS-CYP.
Brindley does not even mention the opposing view--notably that of Solheim and of this reviewer on the archaeological evidence, Oppenheimer and Richards on DNA --that the
Austronesians originated to the south, in the present-day Philippines and Indonesia.
These two mergers are not all that define the Malayo-Polynesian branch of
Austronesian, but they illustrate nicely how historical linguists use exclusively shared innovations as the lynchpin of language classification based on qualitative evidence.
By connecting his island with Batan, Rapongan in effect envisions a spacious
Austronesian family that sails and savors the waves.
The search of the fossil linguistics especially in the Iban language phonology and morphology were then compared to Malay (Melayik) is believed to be able to uncover the veil which proves that the island of Borneo the second homeland of the Malay or
Austronesian peoples.
An additional reason for the generally dismissive rejection of Molet's thesis was the conventional view of Francophone specialists of Malagasy history, following the Grandidiers, that the Merina, especially of the andriana caste, were an evolved people of pure or almost pure
Austronesian (Javanese/Malay) descent, who were superior to the other metis peoples of Madagascar.
The study would be best appreciated by specialists in Oceanic and
Austronesian languages, but perhaps also by some general linguists interested in linguistic typology.
However, none of these has given us a fully systematic treatment of the language that takes advantage of recent advances in typological studies and the study of the comparative syntax of the
Austronesian languages.
She has also committed to write a research paper on how the ATAYAL cultural exchange programs with
Austronesian groups may lead to an opportunity for a new type of indigenous tourism targeting Austronesia and how it may benefit the economy of Taiwan.
"The people of the
Austronesian language family lived near the ocean and were very mobile," said Chen.
This is followed by a brief Prologue which further discusses Lapita as an icon in contemporary Oceania, and an Introduction which situates Lapita within the larger theme of the
Austronesian peopling of Remote Oceania.
