The Sydney language / Jakelin Troy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Troy, Jakelin, author.

Language:

Australian languages

English

Subjects (All):

Dharug language--Dictionaries.

Dharug language.

Aboriginal Australians--New South Wales--Languages.

Aboriginal Australians.

Australian languages--Dictionaries.

Australian languages.

Aboriginal Australians--Languages--Dictionaries.

Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Sydney Region (N.S.W.)--Languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, [2019].

Summary:

The Sydney Language was written to revive interest the Aboriginal language of the Sydney district. It makes readily available the small amount of surviving information from historical records. Author, Professor Jakelin Troy refers to the language as the 'Sydney Language' because there was no name given for the language in these historical records until late in the nineteenth century when it was referred to as Dharug.The language is now called by its many clan names, including Gadigal in the Sydney city area and Dharug in Western Sydney. The word for Aboriginal person in this language is 'yura', this word been used to help identify the language, with the most common spellings being Iyora and Eora.The Sydney Language is ideal for anyone interested in learning more about the language and culture of the Aboriginal owners of what is now called Sydney.

Contents:

Introduction

The Aboriginal people of Sydney

The history of research into the Sydney Language

Cross-cultural communication in early colonial Sydney

Description of the Sydney language

The sound system – Consonants – Vowels – Orthography

Eighteenth Century Orthographies

Willliam Dawes’ orthographic table – Phonotactics

Grammatical notes – Wordlist – Introduction

Key to abbreviations on the wordlist

Body parts and products

Human classification

Kin terms

Language, mythology and ceremony

Human artefacts

Food, cooking and fire – Water – Elements – Mammals – Reptiles – Birds

Marine and other aquatic life

Insects and spiders – Plants

‘Names of fruits in N.S. Wales’ (William Dawes)

Physical adjectives

Non-physical adjectives

Motion verbs

State verbs

Vocalizing and thought verbs

Bodily function verbs

Impact and violence verbs

Holding and transfer verbs

Locationals and directionals – Temporals – Interjections

Names of Aboriginal people and social groups

Names of places

Illustrations of Sydney Artefacts

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Troy, Jakelin The Sydney Language

ISBN:

9780855750794

OCLC:

1296428232