Phonology, morphology and syntax, texts and songs, Martuthunira-English word list, English-Martuthunira finderlist; notes on traditional life, kinship system, local groups, economic life, art, post-contact history.
This volume offers a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic, anthropological, archaeological and historical work focused on Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country, in Australia’s northeast. The volume also honours Bruce Rigsby, emeritus professor of anthropology at the Universi…
Affiliations of Arabana and Wangkangurru including kin terms; analysis of phonology, grammar and syntax, and examples of text; biographical details of speakers.
"Classical Aboriginal societies in Australia have commonly been described in terms of social organisation and local organisation. This book presents rich detail on a third and related domain that has not been given the same kind of attention: linguistic organisation. Basing the…