Comments on S. R. Fischer's 'Mangarevan doublets: preliminary evidence for Proto-Southeastern Polynesian'. (Comments).(response to article by Steven Roger Fischer, Oceanic Linguistics, vol. 31, p. 181, 2001)

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Ssteven Roger Fischer (2001) has recently published arguments for an early Eastern Polynesian protolanguage distinct from Proto-Eastern Polynesian and Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian. Many aspects of the work constitute valuable contributions to fleshing out the early language (pre)history of Eastern Polynesia. Linguists will have many colleagues in archaeology and anthropology who welcome the presentation of some of F's data and conclusions. However, the data do not always mean w...

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