Provides a thorough overview of Australian languages including language endangerment, language contact and language loss. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other English varieties are also discussed.
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Provides a thorough overview of Australian languages including language endangerment, language contact and language loss. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other English varieties are also discussed.
The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, t…
The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, t…
Phonology, parts of speech, case and case marking; nominals and the noun phrase; nominalisation, relativisation and subordination; verbal inflection and serial verb construction; verb-stem morphology; negation, interrogative, spatial and temporal qualifiers; sentence connectives…
This new collection by Professor Diana Eades addresses the way non-traditional language Aboriginal speakers of English use and speak English. To understand Aboriginal ways of speaking English leads to better understanding Aboriginal identity, a better engagement in intercultural…
This new collection by Professor Diana Eades addresses the way non-traditional language Aboriginal speakers of English use and speak English. Here she draws together some of her best writing over the past thirty years. Older chapters are brought up to date with contemporary refl…
Main description: This grammar provides an overall description of Gaagudju, a now nearly extinct language of northern Australia. Gaagudju differs from most previously described Australian languages in a number of ways. It shows marked differences in the realizations of stressed …
Background contact history of Gaagudju speakers; literature review; language owners; neighbouring languages - Amurdak, Bibinj Gunwok, Giimbiyu, Gonbudj, Limilngan, Umbugarla; phonology; phonotactics and morphophonology; nominals - kinship terms; verbs; clitics and phrasal compou…
Background contact history of Gaagudju speakers; literature review; language owners; neighbouring languages - Amurdak, Bibinj Gunwok, Giimbiyu, Gonbudj, Limilngan, Umbugarla; phonology; phonotactics and morphophonology; nominals - kinship terms; verbs; clitics and phrasal compou…
"This seminal book introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration. The book is divided into two main parts that represent Zuckermann's fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revi…
"This seminal book introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration. The book is divided into two main parts that represent Zuckermann's fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revi…