Selepet grammar

Abstract

My study of the Selepet language began in September, 1964, when my wife and I took up residence among the people of Indum village located in the Southern Selepet dialect area. From 1964 until June, 1967, field work was carried out under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. After six months of study as a research scholar at the Australian National University, I resumed field work under the auspices of both the A.N.U. and the S.I.L. The study was expanded to include the other non Austronesian languages of the Huon Peninsula and more generally the languages of the Finisterre ranges.