% pubman genre = article @article{item_3652212, title = {{Some areal loanwords in New Britain, Papua New Guinea}}, author = {Barlow, Russell}, language = {eng}, year = {2025}, date = {2025}, abstract = {{The island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea is home to great linguistic diversity, including not only Austronesian languages from both the Meso-Melanesian and North New Guinea subgroups of Oceanic but also non-Austronesian (or {\textquotedblleft}Papuan{\textquotedblright}) languages belonging to as many as six differentlineages, including four language isolates. This paper reports on several widespread loanwords that are found in both Austronesian and non-Austronesian languages of New Britain. The words presented here all refer to cultural artifacts and, as such,point to a history of cultural diffusion across the island of New Britain.}}, journal = {{Language {\&} Linguistics in Melanesia}}, volume = {43}, pages = {9--30}, }