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Linguistic organisation and native title : the Wik Case, Australia / Peter Sutton and Ken Hale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sutton, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Asia-Pacific Linguistics
- Language:
- Australian languages
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Native title (Australia).
- Wik-Mungkan (Australian people).
- Wik-Mungkan language.
- Wik-Ngathan language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (506 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Linguistic Organisation and Native Title
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra ANU Press 2021
- Canberra : ANU Press, 2021.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Talking language: A tribute to Ken Hale
- 3. Linguistic and territorial organisation: The Wik classical system
- 4. Linguistic demography of the Wik region
- 5. Languages of the Wik Native Title Claim Area
- 6. Wik Subgroup lexical history
- 7. Wik Subgroup grammatical history
- 8. Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Wik clans
- Appendix 2: Wik estates.
- Notes:
- Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 cc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781760464479
- 1760464473
- OCLC:
- 1292360725
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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