| Description |
From 1971 to 1985, Ian Frazer conducted fieldwork in North Malaita, Solomon Islands, mainly To'abaita but with neighouring groups as well (Lau, Baelelea, Pijin). During that time he built up a large collection of tapes, photos, field notes and other material. There are over 200 cassettes and over 40 reels of mixed content - music (traditional and contemporary), traditional stories, history, life histories, traditional and present day customs/culture, ngali nut production, political history, labour history, and much else.This collection was located as a result of PARADISEC's 'Lost and Found' project and digitisation was funded by an ELDP Legacy Materials Grant and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.
There is an Open access dictionary of To'abaita:
"A dictionary of Toqabaqita (Solomon Islands)", 2008, Frantisek Lichtenberk. Publisher:
Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University. URI http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146745 . DOI:10.15144/PL-592 .
Frantisek Lichtenberk has also published a grammar of To'abaita, but (as of 2026) this is only available in hard copy: "A Grammar of Toqabaqita", 2008. DOI:10.1515/9783110199062
ISBN: 9783110199062 |
