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The first grammatical description of the Sentani language was published by this writer in Oceania, vols. XXI (1950–′51), pp. 214–228 and 302–309; and XXII (1951–′52), pp. 53–71 and 315–316, under the title of “Notes on Sentani Grammar”. It was the result of fieldwork during my stay in West New Guinea in the years 1946–1950. As was stated at the time in the introduction, this fieldwork could only be done to the extent that official civil service duties permitted. But during a further term of service, which finally ended in 1956, I had the opportunity of collecting more data concerning the language. This has led to the present much more complete new grammar.
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Cowan, H.K.J. (1965). Introduction. In: Grammar of the Sentani Language. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol 47. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6364-6_1
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