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Series SIARO - Solomon Islands - West San Cristoval Island
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Date Range11 August 1969 - 16 January 1985
Quantity0.92 cm, 15 items
ProvenanceCapell, Arthur
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This series contains material from west San Cristoval Island, concentrating on the Arosi language. It includes reprints of some of Capell’s own articles on Arosi grammar, correspondence between C.E. Fox and Capell, comparative vocabulary lists (Arosi-English), notes on Arosi phonology, maps of the language distribution on San Cristoval Island, and correspondence between Hugh M. Larocy and Capell.

The Island of Makira (formerly San Cristobal) in the Solomon Islands is the largest island of Makira/Ulawa Province. The island is located east of Guadalcanal. The largest city is Kirakira.

For more information: External site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Cristobal_%28Solomon_Islands%29

An alternate spelling of San Cristoval Island appears to be San Cristobal Island; it is also known as Makira Island.

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06  Solomon Islands - Regions and Languages

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AC2-SIARO101 Monograph. A. Capell, Arosi Grammar, Pacific Linguistics B20, pp 1-40.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Typescript. Text only copied for PARADISEC Project.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO101
Date range 1971    Quantity 0.47 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO101 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO102 Letter from C.E. Fox, author of the Arosi-English Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics C11, 1970) to Capell.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Manuscript. Comments on Capell's forthcoming grammar, delays on production of the Dictionary and the fate of his own Arosi Grammar, which with his own library was burnt by Japanese forces in WW2.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO102
Date range 5 January 1970    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO102 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO103 Letter from C.E. Fox to Capell.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Manuscipt. Has some repetition of comments in folio 2 above. Compliments Capell on his manuscript Grammar. Contains other linguistic matter of minor significance.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO103
Date range 23 February 1970    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO103 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO104 Partially completed word list in Arosi (basic vocabulary, additional vocabulary, cultural items (= 80 words), kinship terms (= 41 words)) together with 42 Arosi sentences.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Typescript/manuscript. Based on the Workbook Foundation Vocabularies, by A. Capell, South Pacific Commission Literature Production Training Centre, Honiara, 1960. Informant is Francis. Some further annotations in Capell's hand.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO104
Date range no date    Quantity 0.07 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO104 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO105 Separate collection of kinship terms, sentences and other items attached to papers in item 4 but not identified as Arosi.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Manuscript. They seem to be in the same informant's hand, but are linguistically different. Perhaps a dialect.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO105
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO105 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO106 Arosi vocabulary.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Typescript/manuscript. Compiler not identified but typing style and annotations indicate that it is attributable to Capell. Contains some references to other languages. Pages are in poor condition. Probably based on Fox's manuscript Dictionary.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO106
Date range no date    Quantity 0.14 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO106 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO107 Notes on Arosi Phonology.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Typescript. Although writer is not identified typing style indicates that it is attributable to Capell. Paper is in poor condition.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO107
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO107 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO108 Unattributed Arosi vocabulary.
Arosi, Solomon Islands, W. San Cristoval I.
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Manuscript. Notes, some possibly by Capell.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO108
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO108 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO201 Letter from Barbara Jones at the Melanesian Archives, Uni of California - San Diego with regard to materials by Charles E. Fox lodged by the linguist Isadore Dylan.
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Typescript. Copies are given here as items 2 and 3. As this letter was received a year before Capell's death, it probably went unanswered.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO201
Date range 16 January 1985    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO201 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO202 A short Grrammar of Arosi [By C.E. Fox].
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Manuscript (photostat). See further details in Barbara Jones' letter (folio 1).

These images appear to be "negatives" rather than normal format.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO202
Date range no date    Quantity 0.06 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO202 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO203 Note on Arosi Tales [by C.E. Fox].
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Manuscript (photostat). See further details in Barbara Jones' letter (folio 1).

These images appear to be "negatives" rather than normal format.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO203
Date range no date    Quantity 0.05 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO203 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO204 Extract from a dictionary of Malaita dialects 'Are 'Are Gari and Ulawa, with translations into French [by Jon Tiggeler].
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Manuscript (photostat). See further details in Barbara Jones letter (folio 1).

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO204
Date range no date    Quantity 0.02 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO204 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO205 Letter from Hugh M. Larocy (Pacific History, ANU) regarding additional vocabularies (mainly Arosi) not mention[ed] in Capell's SPC Linguistic Survey.
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Manuscript. Useful references.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO205
Date range 11 August 1969    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO205 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO206 Sketch map of San Cristal, showing in-shore islands and main settlements.
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Map.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO206
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO206 Series SIARO
AC2-SIARO207 Vocabulary from Makura from San Cristoval, Abbé Verguet 1885.
Arosi and other language/dialects, Solomon Islands, West San Cristoval.
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Manuscript. Transcription seems to be in Capell's hand. Probably originated at the Marist Mission.

 Creator Capell, Arthur
Control AC2-SIARO207
Date range no date    Quantity 0.01 cm, 1 folio
Inventory Identifier SIARO207 Series SIARO
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