Pacific Linguistics

Pacific Linguistics
IndustryEducational Book Publishing
Founded1963 (1963)
FounderStephen Wurm
Headquarters,
Websitepacling.anu.edu.au

Pacific Linguistics was established in 1963 as a non-profit publisher at the Australian National University, Canberra, publishing linguistic books (such as grammars and dictionaries) on the languages of Oceania, the Pacific, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia. It has four series

  • Series A - Occasional Papers
  • Series B - Monographs
  • Series C - Books
  • Series D - Special Publications

Since 2012, Pacific Linguistics has been published by Walter de Gruyter.

Managing editors

Stephen Wurm was the founding editor.

Tom Dutton was the managing editor of Pacific Linguistics from 1987 to 1996.[1] Other former managing editors are Malcolm Ross, Darrell Tryon, John Bowden, and Paul Sidwell.

The managing editor as of August 2026 is Alexander Adelaar.[2]

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ Pawley, Andrew (2001). "Tom Dutton: linguist". In Pawley, Andrew; Ross, Malcolm; Tryon, Darrell (eds.). The boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton. Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 514. The Australian National University. pp. 1โ€“12. doi:10.15144/PL-514.1. ISBN 0-85883-445-6.
  2. โ†‘ "Editorial board". Pacific Linguistics. Retrieved 1 August 2026.