Terry Crowley was Associate Professor in the Department of General and Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato. He has researched languages in Vanuatu for 25 years, and has written about the Paamese and Erromangan languages. He has produced a dictionary of Bislama, and a detailed account of its historical development.

It is the breadth of coverage of topics in this book that is one of its biggest strengths, and what makes it so useful, particularly for those who are not primarily specialists in Oceanic or Austronesian languages ... Serial Verbs in Oceanic is a very rewarding book to read.

• 1. Linguistic typology and serial verbs ; 2. Oceanic languages, serial verbs and linguistic descriptions ; 3. Paamese serial verbs ; 4. The distribution and evolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 5. The dissolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 6. Oceanic serial verbs and Melanesian Pidgin ; 7. Oceanic serial verbs and the broader context ; References ; Index

Terry Crowley was Associate Professor in the Department of General and Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato. He has researched languages in Vanuatu for 25 years, and has written about the Paamese and Erromangan languages. He has produced a dictionary of Bislama, and a detailed account of its historical development.

It is the breadth of coverage of topics in this book that is one of its biggest strengths, and what makes it so useful, particularly for those who are not primarily specialists in Oceanic or Austronesian languages ... Serial Verbs in Oceanic is a very rewarding book to read.

• 1. Linguistic typology and serial verbs ; 2. Oceanic languages, serial verbs and linguistic descriptions ; 3. Paamese serial verbs ; 4. The distribution and evolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 5. The dissolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 6. Oceanic serial verbs and Melanesian Pidgin ; 7. Oceanic serial verbs and the broader context ; References ; Index

Terry Crowley was Associate Professor in the Department of General and Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato. He has researched languages in Vanuatu for 25 years, and has written about the Paamese and Erromangan languages. He has produced a dictionary of Bislama, and a detailed account of its historical development.

It is the breadth of coverage of topics in this book that is one of its biggest strengths, and what makes it so useful, particularly for those who are not primarily specialists in Oceanic or Austronesian languages ... Serial Verbs in Oceanic is a very rewarding book to read.

• 1. Linguistic typology and serial verbs ; 2. Oceanic languages, serial verbs and linguistic descriptions ; 3. Paamese serial verbs ; 4. The distribution and evolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 5. The dissolution of Oceanic serial verbs ; 6. Oceanic serial verbs and Melanesian Pidgin ; 7. Oceanic serial verbs and the broader context ; References ; Index