Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre

Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre (1941–2007) was a French linguist based at LACITO–CNRS, well known for her work on the languages of New Caledonia.

She published extensively on several of these languages, especially Iaai; the various languages of Hienghène (Fwâi, Pije, Jawe, Nemi); Fagauvea; and Nyelâyu. Her interests included the application of the comparative method to the study of Oceanic languages.

Her husband,  [fr], was also a linguist working on the languages of New Caledonia.

External links[]

• Biography – In memoriam
• List of publications

References[]

• Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1976), Le Iaai : langue mélanésienne d'Ouvéa (Nouvelle-Calédonie). Phonologie, morphologie, esquisse syntaxique (in French), Paris: Société d'études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France.
• Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (1984), Dictionnaire iaai (in French), Paris: Société d'études linguistiques et anthropologiques de France.
• Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (2003), "L'aire coutumière iaai", in Cerquiligni, Bernard (ed.), Les Langues de France (in French), Paris: PUF.
• Ozanne-Rivierre, Françoise (2004), "Spatial deixis in Iaai (Loyalty Islands)", in Senft, Gunter (ed.), Spatial deixis in Oceanic languages, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
• Tryon, Darrell (2008), "In Memoriam, Françoise Ozanne-Rivierre, 1941–2007", Oceanic Linguistics, 47 (1): 233–239, doi:10.1353/ol.0.0005, retrieved 23 June 2012.

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