Papua New Guinea: What People Eat

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-32
Author(s):  
Alison Orr-Ewing
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Subsistence Farming ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
The Way

The way of life in the highlands of Papua New Guinea is outlined. In the villages it is based on subsistence farming but changes are occurring. The nutrition of mothers and their infants with special reference to breast feeding is discussed.

Subgrouping the Sogeram languages

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Daniels ◽  
Danielle Barth ◽  
Wolfgang Barth
Keyword(s):  
Historical Linguistic ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Language Family ◽  
Linguistic Research ◽  
The Way

Abstract Historical Glottometry is a method, recently proposed by Kalyan and François (François 2014; Kalyan & François 2018), for analyzing and representing the relationships among sister languages in a language family. We present a glottometric analysis of the Sogeram language family of Papua New Guinea and, in the process, provide an evaluation of the method. We focus on three topics that we regard as problematic: how to handle the higher incidence of cross-cutting isoglosses in the Sogeram data; how best to handle lexical innovations; and what to do when the data do not allow the analyst to be sure whether a given language underwent a given innovation or not. For each topic we compare different ways of coding and calculating the data and suggest the best way forward. We conclude by proposing changes to the way glottometric data are coded and calculated and the way glottometric results are visualized. We also discuss how to incorporate Historical Glottometry into an effective historical-linguistic research workflow.

Breast-feeding and sexual abstinence in Papua New Guinea

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
William K. A. Agyei
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Sexual Abstinence ◽  
Urban Mothers ◽  
Mother And Child ◽  
Child Spacing ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Rural Mothers

SummaryData collected in Papua New Guinea between November 1979 and March 1980 show that the main reason for prolonged breast-feeding and sexual abstinence is to ensure the welfare of the mother and child (which is indirectly a means of child spacing). The mean period of breast-feeding for the rural mothers is 21·8 months and for the urban mothers is 20·7 months. The mean duration of sexual abstinence for the rural male respondents is 21·4 months and for the female is 20·2 months. The figures for their urban counterparts are 19·5 months and 16·6 months respectively.

Finding the Law in the Pacific Islands: Observations with Special Reference to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 93-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward P. Wolfers
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
List Type ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Law

Law librarians whose work requires them to obtain and stock materials on the Pacific islands face some problems which seem worthy of special comment. These problems are essentially of two kinds—problems which are inherent in the nature of Pacific islands legal systems; andproblems involved in obtaining relevant information.

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