A grammar of Wardaman : a language of the Northern Territory of Australia / Francesca C. Merlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Merlan, Francesca.

Series:

Mouton Grammar Library [MGL]

Mouton grammar library ; 11

Mouton Grammar Library [MGL] , 0933-7636 ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wardaman language--Grammar.

Wardaman language.

Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Northern Territory--Languages--Grammar.

Aboriginal Australians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (644 pages) : maps

Other Title:

Wardaman

Wardaman.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Grammar of Wardaman: A Language of the Northern Territory of Australia (Mouton Grammar Library)

Contents:

Frontmatter

WARDΑΜΑΝ GRAMMAR

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Segmental phonology

Chapter 3. Process phonology

Chapter 4. Word classes

Chapter 5. Nominal classes, inflection and derivation

Chapter 6. Independent pronouns and person-marking in the verb

Chapter 7. Demonstratives, interrogatives, and adverbs

Chapter 8. Categories of the finite verb, and the verb in the clause

Chapter 9. Other aspects of word formation

Chapter 10. Issues in constituency and word order

Chapter 11. Particles, particle syntax and clausal complements

Chapter 12. Clausal particles, conjunctions, and interjections

WARDΑΜΑΝ TEXTS

Text I. Elsie Raymond, talking of her girlhood

Text II. Jalijbang 'moon dreaming'

Text III. Story of Mejern-bulud and other incidents of European-Aboriginal clash

Text IV. Stopping the grog

Text V. Wurrguru 'devils'

Text VI. Dalyarra, pregnant women's fear of visual penetration

Text VII. Warnaba 'spirits of the grass'

Text VIII. Child spirits

Text IX. Galapin 'Galloping Jack's', a place on the Katherine River

Text X. Godjogodjog 'peaceful dove'

Text XI. Onion

Text XII. Naribu 'pearlshell', a trade item

Text XIII. Jarlarla-ya and Nimji, places on Wiueroo Station

Text XIV. Geberrung, a permanent water on Willeroo Station

Text XV. Goyin 'honey'

Text XVI. Mardirdguya 'two sparrow hawks'

Text XVII. Narru, learning to dodge

Text XVIII. Welfare days, taking away children

Text XIX. Menngen 'white cockatoo'

Text XX. Gadi 'lily root'

Text XXI. Story of Mr Court

Text XXII. Story of Roy Bartlam

Text XXIII. Skins and marriage

Text XXIV. Gorrondolmi and wirninginya, rainbow and quiet snake

Text XXV. Marriage

Text XXVI. Yirlorloban 'taipan'

Text XXVII. Story of Wiyorlwonyang, jiyila 'well' on Willeroo Station

Text XXVIII. Story of Banggin George being shot at Delamere

Text XXIX. Echidna and the Mt. Gregory area

Text XXX. Station

Vocabulary in semantic fields

Wardaman word list

References

Index to Wardaman grammar

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [611]-613) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9783110871371

3110871378

OCLC:

843635144