scholarly journals ‘Where’ Questions and Their Responses in Duna (Papua New Guinea)

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lila San Roque
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Direct Reference ◽  
Space And Place ◽  
Frequency Function ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Functional Flexibility ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Question Formation

AbstractDespite their central role in question formation, content interrogatives in spontaneous conversation remain relatively under-explored cross-linguistically. This paper outlines the structure of ‘where’ expressions in Duna, a language spoken in Papua New Guinea, and examines where-questions in a small Duna data set in terms of their frequency, function, and the responses they elicit. Questions that ask ‘where?’ have been identified as a useful tool in studying the language of space and place, and, in the Duna case and elsewhere, show high frequency and functional flexibility. Although where-questions formulate place as an information gap, they are not always answered through direct reference to canonical places. While some question types may be especially “socially costly” (Levinson 2012), asking ‘where’ perhaps provides a relatively innocuous way of bringing a particular event or situation into focus.

scholarly journals School libraries, information gap and social inclusion in Papua New Guinea – Making it happen

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlene Filippi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Social Environment ◽  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Local Community ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
School Libraries ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teaching Learning

School libraries, just like the school community, do reflect the social environment in which they operate. This is the story of the emergence of one such library, within Papua New Guinea and its development through the assistance of AUSAID. It looks at an idea – Resource Based Learning - which has enabled the local community to take ownership of a resource centre which will now be able to provide a true teaching/learning environment for all of the community. It is more than a collection of books! It has the beginnings of a vibrant active resource for the whole community.

scholarly journals The Papua New Guinea tsunami of 17 July 1998: anatomy of a catastrophic event

2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Tappin ◽  
P. Watts ◽  
S. T. Grilli
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Geological Data ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
International Programme ◽  
Submarine Slump ◽  
High Degree ◽  
First Time

Abstract. The Papua New Guinea (PNG) tsunami of July 1998 was a seminal event because it demonstrated that relatively small and relatively deepwater Submarine Mass Failures (SMFs) can cause devastating local tsunamis that strike without warning. There is a comprehensive data set that proves this event was caused by a submarine slump. Yet, the source of the tsunami has remained controversial. This controversy is attributed to several causes. Before the PNG event, it was questionable as to whether SMFs could cause devastating tsunamis. As a result, only limited modelling of SMFs as tsunami sources had been undertaken, and these excluded slumps. The results of these models were that SMFs in general were not considered to be a potential source of catastrophic tsunamis. To effectively model a SMF requires fairly detailed geological data, and these too had been lacking. In addition, qualitative data, such as evidence from survivors, tended to be disregarded in assessing alternative tsunami sources. The use of marine geological data to identify areas of recent submarine failure was not widely applied. The disastrous loss of life caused by the PNG tsunami resulted in a major investigation into the area offshore of the devastated coastline, with five marine expeditions taking place. This was the first time that a focussed, large-scale, international programme of marine surveying had taken place so soon after a major tsunami. It was also the first time that such a comprehensive data set became the basis for tsunami simulations. The use of marine mapping subsequently led to a larger involvement of marine geologists in the study of tsunamis, expanding the knowledge base of those studying the threat from SMF hazards. This paper provides an overview of the PNG tsunami and its impact on tsunami science. It presents revised interpretations of the slump architecture based on new seabed relief images and, using these, the most comprehensive tsunami simulation of the PNG event to date. Simulation results explain the measured runups to a high degree. The PNG tsunami has made a major impact on tsunami science. It is one of the most studied SMF tsunamis, yet it remains the only one known of its type: a slump.

scholarly journals Butterflies as potential bioindicators of primary rainforest and oil palm plantation habitats on New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G Miller III ◽  
John Lane ◽  
Randy Senock
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Sampling Effort ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Oil Palm Plantation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Britain

Our research team worked with Nakanai land-holders in Papua New Guinea to perform the first survey of butterflies in the Lake Hargy caldera of West New Britain Province. Methods included modified Pollard transects quantifying sampling effort based on aerial netting and visual observations, as well as traps baited with fermenting fruit. Results were compared with surveys on the adjacent Hargy Oil Palm plantation. Our sampling yielded 312 specimens representing 73 species; of these, 50 were limited to primary rainforest, 12 to oil palm plantation and 11 species occurred at both sites. Four species are newly recorded for New Britain, including one potentially invasive species on Citrus. Singleton specimens made up the largest abundance class in the data set, representing 34% of records in primary rainforest. Sixty-two percent of the butterfly taxa recorded are regionally endemic to the Bismarck island chain or to New Britain in particular. Calculated levels of similarity between sites ranged from 0.151 to 0.262, suggesting the oil palm and rainforest habitats supported highly distinct species assemblages. Although rapid assessment data such as these are necessarily limited in scope, they can still aid in documenting the impact on biodiversity from conversion of primary tropical rainforest to oil palm monoculture.

scholarly journals Large variability in plasma efavirenz concentration in Papua New Guinea HIV/AIDS patients associated with high frequency of CYP2B6 516T allele

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natália Bordin Andriguetti ◽  
Helena Katherina Van Schalkwyk ◽  
Daniel Thomas Barratt ◽  
Joseph Tucci ◽  
Paul Pumuye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Aids Patients ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Hiv Aids

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Results from a 13-Kyr BP Coral from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

Radiocarbon ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 1211-1224 ◽  
Author(s):  
G S Burr ◽  
Chrystie Galang ◽  
F W Taylor ◽  
Christina Gallup ◽  
R Lawrence Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Drill Core ◽  
Seasonal Growth ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Site Specific ◽  
A Site ◽  
Resolution Data

This paper presents radiocarbon results from a single Goniastrea favulus coral from Papua New Guinea which lived continuously between 13.0 and 13.1 kyr BP. The specimen was collected from a drill core on the Huon Peninsula and has been independently dated with 230Th. A site-specific reservoir correction has been applied to the results, and coral growth bands were used to calibrate individual growth years. Alternating density bands, which are the result of seasonal growth variations, were subsampled to provide 2 integrated 6-month 14C measurements per year. This allows for 20 independent measurements to be averaged for each decadal value of the 14C calibration, making these results the highest resolution data set available for this brief time range. The finestructure of the data set exhibits 14C oscillations with frequencies on the order of 4 to 10 yr, similar to those observed in modern coral 14C records.

The occurrence of haemoglobin-J (Tongariki) and of thalassaemia on Karkar Island and the Papua New Guinea mainland

1974 ◽  
Vol 268 (893) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Gene Locus ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Chain Gene ◽  
The Third ◽  
Α Chain ◽  
High Level ◽  
Chain Variant

The known α-chain variant Hb-J (Tongariki) was found to occur at relatively high frequency in several villages on the island of Karkar, about 15 km from the New Guinea mainland. The same variant was also found in an adjacent coastal region of the mainland, but not in a large number of blood samples collected in the Central Highlands. This is the third Pacific location in which Hb-J (Tongariki) has been found, and this variant may be a useful genetic marker for the study of Melanesian populations. Hb-J (Tongariki) is a ‘high-level ’ α-chain variant; its mean proportion in heterozygotes is 41 %. Three homozygotes were found in which Hb-J (Tongariki) and Hb-J 2 (α J 2 δ 2 ) were the sole major and minor constituents respectively. These findings are of interest in relation to current studies on the possible duplication of the human α-chain gene locus.

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