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curriculum vitae
Name: Frantisek Lichtenberk
Current position: Associate Professor in Linguistics
Address and other Department of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics
contact details: University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland
New Zealand
Phone: (64 9) 373-7599 ext. 88585
Fax: (64 9) 308-2360
Email:
Educational qualifications (tertiary only):
1980 University of Hawaii, PhD, Linguistics
1976 University of Toronto, MA, Linguistics
1975 University of Toronto, BA, General
Membership in professional societies:
International Cognitive Linguistics Association
Association for Linguistic Typology
Linguistic Society of New Zealand
Linguistic Society of America
Editorial service:
2009 – Member of the Editorial Board for the Typological Studies in Language series, John Benjamins (book publisher)
2006 – Associate editor, Oceanic Linguistics (journal)
2004 – Member of the Editorial Board of Te Reo (journal)
2004 – Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Pacific Linguistics (book publisher)
2005 – 2006 Member of the Editorial Board of Cognitive Linguistics (journal)
1997 – 1999 Editorial assistant, Journal of the Polynesian Society
Research:
My research is concentrated in four main fields: (i) syntactic theory, in particular from typological, functional and cognitive perspectives; (ii) theory of grammatical change, in particular grammaticalisation; (iii) descriptive analysis of Austronesian languages, in the form of grammars, dictionaries, etc.; and (iv) Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history. These areas are closely linked and complementary: theoretical work based on solid and original data, and, conversely, analytical work on individual languages informed by theory. I have done extensive field work in Melanesia, specifically Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, which has resulted in a number of publications, including three books.
Publications:
Books
2008a Lichtenberk, F. A grammar of Toqabaqita. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, two volumes, 1356 pages.
2008b Lichtenberk, F. A dictionary of Toqabaqita (Solomon Islands). Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 395 pages.
1983 Lichtenberk, F. A grammar of Manam. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 647 pages.
Refereed journal articles
2010 Lichtenberk, F. Southeast Solomonic: A view from possessive constructions. To appear in Oceanic Linguistics.
2009 Lichtenberk, F. Oceanic possessive classifiers. Oceanic Linguistics 48: 379–402.
2007 Lichtenberk, F. A typologically unusual interrogative word in Toqabaqita and other Oceanic languages. Oceanic Linguistics 46: 603–612.
2006 Lichtenberk, F. Instrument inversion in Toqabaqita. Linguistics 44-4: 749–780.
2005 Lichtenberk, F. On the notion “adjective” in Toqabaqita. Oceanic Linguistics 44: 113–144.
2003 Lichtenberk, F. To list or not to list: Writing a dictionary of a language undergoing rapid and extensive lexical changes. International Journal of Lexicography 16: 387–401.
2002 Lichtenberk, F. The possessive-benefactive connection. Oceanic Linguistics 41: 439–474.
2000 Lichtenberk, F. Inclusory pronominals. Oceanic Linguistics 39: 1–32.
1998 Lichtenberk, F. Did speakers of Proto Oceanic chew betel? Journal of the Polynesian Society 107: 335–363.
1994 Lichtenberk, F. Reconstructing heterogeneity. Oceanic Linguistics 33: 1–36.
1991 Lichtenberk, F. Semantic change and heterosemy in grammaticalization. Language 67: 475–509.
1988a Lichtenberk, F. The pragmatic nature of nominal anaphora in To'aba'ita. Studies in Language 12: 299–344.
1988b Lichtenberk, F. The Cristobal-Malaitan subgroup of Southeast Solomonic. Oceanic Linguistics 27: 24–62.
1986 Lichtenberk, F. Leadership in Proto-Oceanic society: Linguistic evidence. Journal of the Polynesian Society 95: 341–356.
1985a Lichtenberk, F. Multiple uses of reciprocal constructions. Australian Journal of Linguistics 5: 19–41.
1985b Lichtenberk, F. Syntactic-category change in Oceanic languages. Oceanic Linguistics 24: 1–84.
1983a Lichtenberk, F. Relational classifiers. Lingua 60: 147–176.
1983b Lichtenberk, F. An unnatural result of natural processes: Split transitivity in Fijian. Te Reo 26: 43–57.
1983c Kikuchi, A.and F. Lichtenberk. Semantic extension in the colour lexicon. Studies in Language 7: 25–64.
1979 Lichtenberk, F. Further evidence for Proto-Oceanic *ñ. Oceanic Linguistics 18: 171–201.
1978 Lichtenberk, F. Thematic consonants in Manam transitive verbs. Anthropological Linguistics 20: 185–193. Also in University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 10(1): 173–182.
Refereed sections in books
2010a Lichtenberk, F. Subject incorporation in Toqabaqita and other Oceanic languages. In J. Bowden, N. Himmelmann and M. Ross (eds), A journey through Austronesian and Papuan linguistic and cultural space: Papers in honour of Andrew K. Pawley. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. To appear.
2010b Lichtenberk, F. Nominalizations in Toqabaqita and closely related languages. In F. H. Yap and J. Wrona (eds), Nominalization in Asian languages: Diachronic and typological perspectives. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. To appear.
2009a Lichtenberk, F. Start and finish: Some grammatical changes in Toqabaqita. In A. Adelaar and A. Pawley (eds), Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: A festschrift for Robert Blust, 227–246. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
2009b Lichtenberk, F. The semantics of clause linking in Toqabaqita. In R. M. W. Dixon and Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald (eds), The semantics of clause linking: A cross-linguistic typology, 239–260. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2009c Lichtenberk, F. Attributive possessive constructions in Oceanic. In W. B. McGregor (ed.), The expression of possession, 249–292. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
2009d Lichtenberk, F. Proprietives in Oceanic. In B. Evans (ed.), Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross, 363–389. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
2008 Lichtenberk, F. Asymmetry reversal. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed.), Asymmetric events, 173–193. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2007 Lichtenberk, F. Reciprocals and related meanings in To'aba'ita. In V. P. Nedjalkov, (ed.) (with the assistance of Emma Š. Geniušienė and Zlatka Guentchéva), Reciprocal constructions (vol. 4), 1547–1571. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2006a Lichtenberk, F. Serial verb constructions in Toqabaqita. In A. Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon (eds), Serial verb constructions: A cross-linguistic typology, 254–272. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2006b Lichtenberk, F. Associative and possessive constructions in Oceanic: The links and the differences. In H. Y. Cheng, L. M. Huang and D. Ho (eds), Streams converging into an ocean: Festschrift in honor of Professor Paul Jen-Kuei Li on his 70th birthday, 19–47. Taipei: Academia Sinica.
2004 Lichtenberk, F. Inalienability and possessum individuation. In Z. Frajzyngier, A. Hodges and D. S. Rood (eds), Linguistic diversity and language theories, 339–362. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2003 Lichtenberk, F. Directionality and displaced directionality in Toqabaqita. In E. Shay and U. Seibert (eds), Motion, direction and location in languages. In honor of Zygmunt Frajzyngier, 151–175. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2002 Lichtenberk, F. Posture verbs in Oceanic. In J. Newman (ed.), The linguistics of sitting, standing, and lying, 269–314. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
2001 Lichtenberk, F. On the morphological status of thematic consonants in two Oceanic languages. In J. Bradshaw and K. L. Rehg (eds), Issues in Austronesian morphology: A focusschrift for Byron W. Bender, 123–147. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
2000 Lichtenberk, F. Reciprocals without reflexives. In Z. Frajzyngier and T. S. Curl (eds), Reflexives: Forms and functions, 31–62. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1998 Lichtenberk, F. and M. Osmond. Food preparation. In M. Ross, A. Pawley, and M. Osmond (eds), The lexicon of Proto Oceanic, vol. 1, 143–171. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1997 Lichtenberk, F. Head-marking and objecthood. In J. Bybee, J. Haiman, and S. A. Thompson (eds), Essays on language function and language type, dedicated to T. Givón, 301–322. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1996 Lichtenberk, F. Patterns of anaphora in To’aba’ita narrative discourse. In B. A. Fox (ed.), Studies in anaphora, 379–411. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1995 Lichtenberk, F. Apprehensional epistemics. In J. L. Bybee and S. Fleischman (eds), Modality in grammar and discourse, 293–327. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1994a Lichtenberk, F. Reflexives and reciprocals. In R. E. Asher (editor-in-chief), The encyclopedia of language and linguistics, vol. 7, 3504–3509. Oxford: Pergamon Press. Reprinted in 1999 in K. Brown and J. Miller (eds), Concise encyclopedia of grammatical categories, 313–319. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
1994b Lichtenberk, F. The raw and the cooked: Proto-Oceanic terms for food preparation. In A. K. Pawley and M. D. Ross (eds), Austronesian terminologies: Continuity and change, 267–288. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1991a Lichtenberk, F. On the gradualness of grammaticalization. In E. Closs Traugott and B. Heine (eds), Approaches to grammaticalization, 37–80. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
1991b Lichtenberk, F. Reciprocals and depatientives in To’aba’ita. In R. A. Blust (ed.), Currents in Pacific linguistics: Papers on Austronesian languages and ethnolinguistics in honour of George W. Grace, 171–183. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1985 Lichtenberk, F. Possessive constructions in Oceanic languages and in Proto-Oceanic. In A. Pawley and L. Carrington (eds), Austronesian linguistics at the 15th Pacific Science Congress, 93–140. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
1982 Lichtenberk, F. Individuation hierarchies in Manam. In P. J. Hopper and S. A. Thompson (eds), Syntax and semantics, vol. 15: Studies in transitivity, 261–276. New York: Academic Press.
Under review: Lichtenberk, F. The diachrony of Oceanic possessive classifiers.
Paper in Conference Proceedings
1987 Lichtenberk, F. Degrees of irrealis and evidentiality in To’aba’ita. In S. DeLancey and R. S. Tomlin (eds), Proceedings of the Third Annual Meeting of the Pacific Linguistics Conference, 333–355. Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.
Book reviews
2009 Lichtenberk, F. J. Siegel, J. Lynch and D. Eades (eds), Language description, history and development: Linguistic indulgence in memory of Terry Crowley. Review in Oceanic Linguistics 48: 287–293.
2005 Lichtenberk, F. B. Evans, A study of valency-changing devices in Proto Oceanic. Review in Oceanic Linguistics 44: 559–563.
2004a Lichtenberk, F. G. Bennardo (ed.), Representing space in Oceania: Culture in language and mind. Review in Oceanic Linguistics 43: 258–264.
2004b. Lichtenberk, F. S. Cristofaro, Subordination. Review in LINGUISTLIST, http://linguistlist.org/issues/15/15–1591.html.
2002a Lichtenberk, F. N. Besnier, Tuvaluan: A Polynesian language of the Central Pacific. Review in Studies in Language 26: 712–716.
2002b Lichtenberk, F. S. R. Fischer, Possessive markers in Central Pacific languages. (Special Issue of Language Typology and Universals 53 (2000)). Review in Oceanic Linguistics 41: 244–248.
1998a Lichtenberk, F. P. Mühlhäusler, Linguistic ecology: Language change and linguistic imperialism in the Pacific region. Review in Studies in Language 22: 714–723.
1998b Lichtenberk, F. T. Crowley, An introduction to historical linguistics (3rd edition). Review in Journal of the Polynesian Society 107: 87–89.
1997 Lichtenberk, F. U. Mosel and E. Hovdhaugen, Samoan reference grammar. Review in Journal of the Polynesian Society 106: 99–100.
1994 Lichtenberk, F. P. J. Hopper and E. Closs Traugott, Grammaticalization. Review in Language 70: 821–825.
1988 [for 1986] Lichtenberk, F. B. Turner, Manam teaching grammar. Review in Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 17: 125–128.
1987a [for 1985] Lichtenberk, F. T. R. Groves, G. W. Groves, and R. Jacobs, Kiribatese: An outline description. Review in Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 16: 126–129.
1987b [for 1984] Lichtenberk, F. U. Mosel, Tolai syntax and its historical development. Review in Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 15: 158–161.
1984a Lichtenberk, F. R. Carle, M. Heinschke, P. W. Pink, C. Rost, and K. Stadtlander (eds), Gava’: Studies in Austronesian languages and cultures, dedicated to Hans Kähler. Review in Lingua 62: 162–167.
1984b Lichtenberk, F. P. J. Hopper (ed.), Tense-aspect: Between semantics and pragmatics. Review in Lingua 63: 330–334.
1984c Lichtenberk, F. P. A. Geraghty, The history of the Fijian languages. Review in Lingua 64: 386–392.
1982a Lichtenberk, F. C. H. Beaumont, The Tigak language of New Ireland. Review in Journal of the Polynesian Society 91: 148–149.
1982b Lichtenberk, F. J. Haiman, Hua: A Papuan language of the Eastern highlands of New Guinea. Review in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 45: 400–401.
1981 Lichtenberk, F. R. L. Johnston, Nakanai of New Britain: The grammar of an Oceanic language. Review in Journal of the Polynesian Society 90: 545–549.
1980 Lichtenberk, F. S. A. Wurm (ed.), New Guinea and neighboring areas: A sociolinguistic laboratory. Review in Journal of the Polynesian Society 89: 549–555.
Working papers
1984 Lichtenberk, F. To’aba’ita language of Malaita, Solomon Islands. Anthropology Department Working Paper, No. 65. University of Auckland, 105 pages.
1979 Lichtenberk, F. Syntactic iconism, coordination, subordination, and language evolution. University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 11(2), 79–88.
1978a Lichtenberk, F. Object marking in Manam verbs. University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 10(1), 145–164.
1978b Lichtenberk, F. Some problems for relational grammar in Manam. University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 10(1), 165–171.
1978c Lichtenberk, F. A third palatal reflex in Manam. University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 10(1), 183–190.
1978d Lichtenberk, F. A sketch of Houailou grammar. University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 10(2), 74–116.