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IN an article entitled “Comparative Philology and Polynesian Studies”, published in Nature of October 10, 1953, Prof. Alan S. C. Ross points to the need of a scientific study of the Polynesian family of languages, and suggests a plan for such studies. Our purpose in commenting on Prof. Ross's article is two-fold: (1) to show that structural linguistics, the recent development of which Prof. Ross disparages, may be of help in Polynesian studies; and (2) to express a somewhat different picture of the present status of Polynesian and Malayo–Polynesian studies.
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Elbert, S. H., Southwestern J. Anthrop., 9, 147 (1953).
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ELBERT, S., SPOEHR, A. Linguistic Studies in Polynesia. Nature 174, 471 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174471a0
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