Holzknecht studied languages of the Markham family of languages in Papua New Guinea, including the Wampar, Aribwaungg (Yalu), Musom, Labu and Aribwatsa (now extinct) language groups. The collection includes field notes and recordings of the languages including lexus, syntactic lists, grammar outlines, kinship charts and word lists, maps, publications and dictionaries of indigenous languages into German and English. Includes publications in German language.
Holzknecht, SusanneIncludes: Lexis Wampar ; Comparative word list (M Ross & D Tryon 27.11.84) ; Wampar Syntactic Check List & Notes ; Wampar Grammar Sketch, 37p. ; Story how the missionaries came to Wampar (Emmanuel Dzenem 5.8.85) ; SIL (Summer Institute of Languages) word Lists for Morobe Province - Chefasing, Dagin Laewomba, Djefasing ; Wampar - English / Phonetical Notes.
Includes Lexis ; Grammar outline ; Grammar sketch ; Syntactic check list ; miscellaneous notes ; SIL (Summer Institute of Languages) word lists for Unank, Morobe Province and Maralinan, Morobe Province.
Includes Lexis (Malcolm Ross 'Lexis', D Tryon 'Dada') ; Syntactic check list (Madzim, Babuaf) ; Grammar sketch ; Grammar outline ; Watut 2 Middle Group (Babwaf (Madzim) ; Mararena, Bentsey (Tsili tsili) ; SIL (Summer Institute of Languages) lists for Babwaf and Maralinan, Morobe Province.
Includes lexis and syntactic lists ; Story of the Munek, and other data.
Includes Lexis, Sarasira grammar outline ; Syntactic checklist, text and grammar outline
Includes Lexis Banzain (Nafi), source M Ross and D Tryon ; Syntactic Checklist, Nafi language outline ; Notepad of kinship charts? ; Transcription of interview with Banzain Council (Geoff Smith, 1985) and SIL (Summer Institute of Languages), Sira Word List, Morobe Province.
Includes: Lexis ; Syntax check list ; Grammar sketch
Includes: Seminar paper by Sue Holzknecht 'A lost language of the Adzera Family, Papua New Guinea' ; Aribwatsa (Lahe) Lexis ; Grammar sketch ; Lahe (Aribwatsa) Syntax check list. Note: Butuawe, a villager from the village of Butibam, was the last living speaker of Aribwatsa (1985).
Includes Lexis Watut 1; Syntactic check list ; South Watut Grammar sketch ; Watut 1 Grammar outline ; Danngal word list Morobe Province (1965) ; Letter from Malcolm Ross dated 25 February 1985 ; Danngal grammar outline ; plus notes.
Collection includes:
Wampur Lexis (M Ross and D Tryon, 1984) ; Wampur Word List (1984) ; Field notes from K Pataki Schweizer (1963) ; Wampur Grammar Sketch ; Wampur Grammar Outline ; Syntactic check list (AN) ; Wampur Gahuan Word List (1962) ; Wampur Atzera word list Morobe Province.
Includes 2 sets of 'Grammar Sketch', 2 sets of lexis and text and a Musom grammar sketch.
Includes lexis, syntactic check list, notes, 'Yalu' from Malcolm Ross, grammar sketch and text.
Includes grammar sketch, lexis, Syntax check list, Text, Duwet word list Morobe Province, and Deixis paper.
Includes paper by Susanne Holzknecht, 'The mechanisms of language change in Labu' (1989), Labu Language Morobe Province (1968), Labu Language Lexis (Maria Toseli), 'An introduction to the Labu Language (Jeff Siegel 1984), Lexis (AN), Labu Wordlist (Jeff Siege 1984), Lexis Labu and Lexis Hapa e Halo (Maria Toseli's list with corrections by Susanne Holzknecht).
Includes Wampar Grammar Sketch (both handwritten and printed versions) ; Wampar Grammar Outline (handwritten version only) ; Wampar-English [Dictionary], 241p, first draft based on research conducted by Holzknecht and notes by Sturzenhofecker and Karl Panzer ; Notes on 'phonology and grammar' plus word lists ; Wampar Grammar Outline based on data from Jane Solomon (M Ross) ; Survey word lists (UPNG) ; Articles by Hans Fischer ; Fischer 1966 word list ; Letter dated 7 July 1994, Professor Hans Fischer to Susan Holzknecht.