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The languages and linguistics of Australia : a comprehensive guide / edited by Harold Koch, Rachel Nordlinger.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World of linguistics ; v. 3.
- World of linguistics ; volume 3
- Language:
- Australian languages
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Linguistics--Research--Australia.
- Linguistics.
- Aboriginal Australians--Languages.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Comparative linguistics--Australia.
- Comparative linguistics.
- Sociolinguistics--Australia.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Australia--Languages.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (523 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- List of Contributors
- Maps
- Part I. Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia
- 1. The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues / Koch, Harold / Nordlinger, Rachel
- 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion / Koch, Harold
- 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages / Fletcher, Janet
- 4. Word Structure in Australian languages / Baker, Brett
- 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages / Nordlinger, Rachel
- 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages / Bowern, Claire
- 7. Semantics of Australian Languages / Gaby, Alice / Singer, Ruth
- 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation / Walsh, Michael
- Part II. Post-contact language varieties
- 9 Language Contact Varieties / Meakins, Felicity
- 10. Aboriginal English / Eades, Diana
- 11. Australian English / Collins, Peter
- Index of languages
- Index of names
- Index of subjects
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 24, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9783110395129
- 3110395126
- OCLC:
- 890070927
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