Handbook of Australian Languages
Robert M. W. Dixon(Author)
OUP Australia and New Zealand (Publisher)
Published on 9. September 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-0-19-553097-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook volumes offer the only detailed and accurate records of many Australian languages that are extinct or on the verge of extinction. This volume provides a new introduction that discusses some of the main characteristics of Australian languages. Each grammatical sketch includes an illustrative text--demonstrating the use of the language--and a basic vocabulary listing. Also, each example is accompanied by a morpheme-by-morpheme glossary, providing a definitive account of the languages of the Aborigines of Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Melbourne
Australia
Publishing group
Oxford University Press Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
maps, tables
ISBN-13
978-0-19-553097-1 (9780195530971)
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