Resources in and about the Samoan language

ISO 639-3: smo

The combined catalog of all OLAC participants contains the following resources that are relevant to this language:

Primary texts

  1. Samoan Story. Capell, Arthur (recorder). 1961. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-022
  2. Polynesian languages. Capell, Arthur (recorder). 1957. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-222
  3. Raratongan, Samoan, Maori, Orakaiva texts.. Jones, R . (speaker); Mr. Pupuke (speaker); Tuwhunga (speaker); Capell, Arthur (recorder). n.d. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC1-404

Lexical resources

  1. A simplified dictionary of modern Samoan. Allardice, R. W. 1985. Auckland, N.Z. : Polynesian Press. oai:gial.edu:25343
  2. Say it in Samoan / La'i Ulrike Mosel and Ainslie So'o. Mosel, La'i Ulrike. 1997. Pacific linguistics. Series D, 0078-7566 ; no. 88. oai:gial.edu:29200
  3. Samoan - Tasiriki comparative wordlist. Capell, Arthur. 1999. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VES503
  4. Papers for Doctor Gunn in very poor condition.. Newton, Peter (depositor); Capell, Arthur (researcher). 1890. Pacific And Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC). oai:paradisec.org.au:AC2-VTAN201B

Language descriptions

  1. Samoan reference grammar. Mosel, Ulrike. 1992. Oslo, Norway : Scandinavian University Press : Institute for Comparative Research in Human Culture. oai:gial.edu:27834
  2. Die ona-lea Konstruktion im Samoanischen : eine Untersuchung zur Struktur narrativer Texte. Compes, Isabel. 1997. Arbeitspapier (Universität zu Köln. Institut für Sprachwissenschaft) ; n.F., Nr. 29. oai:gial.edu:28304
  3. WALS Online Resources for Samoan. Haspelmath, Martin (editor); Dryer, Matthew S. (editor); Gil, David (editor); Comrie, Bernard (editor). 2008-05-01. Max Planck Digital Library (http://mpdl.mpg.de/). oai:wals.info:languoid/sam

Other resources about the language

  1. Samoan. Marsack, C. C. 1962. The English Universities Press Ltd. oai:refdb.wals.info:2562
  2. Samoan Reference Grammar. Mosel, Ulrike; Hovdhaugen, Even. 1992. Scandinavian University Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:2600
  3. Reduplicative Constructions. Moravcsik, Edith A. 1978. Universals of Human Language. Volume 3: Word Structure. oai:refdb.wals.info:2990
  4. Samoan. Ulrike, Mosel. 1994. Semantic and lexical universals. oai:refdb.wals.info:3729
  5. The Syntax of Nominalizations in Polynesian. Chung, Sandra. 1973. WALS Online RefDB. oai:refdb.wals.info:4164
  6. Samoan - a complete introductory course. Marsack, C. C. 1975. Hodder and Stoughton. oai:refdb.wals.info:5118
  7. Samoan Dictionary. Milner, G. B. 1966. Polynesian Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:5469
  8. Pratt's Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan language. Pratt, George. 1960. Malua Printing Press. oai:refdb.wals.info:5507
  9. Samoan. Marsack, C. C. 1973. Teach yourself books. oai:gial.edu:12565
  10. Aspiration in two Polynesian languages. Milner, G.B. 1958. [London] : BSOAS [Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies]. oai:gial.edu:21952
  11. The Samoan fono, a sociolinguistic study. Duranti, Alessandro. 1981. Pacific linguistics. Series B ; no. 80. oai:gial.edu:29195
  12. LINGUIST List Resources for Samoan. Anthony Aristar, Director of Linguist List (editor); Helen Aristar-Dry, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2010-02-08. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_smo
  13. Samoan: a language of Samoa. Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (editor). 2005. SIL International (www.sil.org). oai:ethnologue.com:smo

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