Download or read book Languages of Australia and Tasmania written by Stephen Adolphe Wurm and published by Janua Linguarum. Series Critica. This book was released on 1972 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background; history of research; distinctive features of Australian languages; review of explanations of unusual features; phonologically aberrant languages; anomalies, review of past linguistic work including attempts at classification; lack of standardization of phonetic symbols; table of symbols used by various authors and by A.I.A.S.; A.I.A.S. recommendations; reasons for authors choice of spelling of language where this differs from A.I.A.S. recommendations; table of symbols used by Wurm; phonological features; general, regional; morphosyntactic features; general, regional; vocabulary, Common Australian, marginal vocabulary, regional vocabularies; classification of languages; general, early, typological, historical-comparative, lexicostatistical; the authors revised lexicostatistical classification; spelling of language names, criteria and presentation; The classification - twentyseven families; Tiwi, Iwaidjan, Kakadjuan, Mangerian, Gunavidjian, Nagaran, Gunwingguan, Bureran, Nunggubuyan, Andilyaugwan, Maran, Mangaraian, Ngewinan, Yanyulan, Karawan, Minkinan, Larakian, Kungarakanyan, Warraian, Daly, Murinbatan, Djamindjungan, Djeragan, Bunaban, Wororan, Nyulnyulan, Pama-Nyungan; classification illustrated by map; gives adapted version of Schebecks classification of Arnhem Land languages; external relationships of Aboriginal languages; linguistic prehistory evidence from; linguistics, prehistory, physical anthropology; general conclusions; map illustrating suggested origins and development of Australian languages; Tasmanian languages - relationship to mainland Aborigines; map of language areas, classification, morphological, typological features; comparison with Australian languages; bibliography.

Download or read book Languages of Australia and Tasmania written by S. A. Wurm and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "Languages of Australia and Tasmania".

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Download or read book The Languages of Australia written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking 1980 study of over 200 Australian languages is still valuable, especially for its non-technical opening chapters.

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Download or read book Handbook of Australian Languages written by Robert M. W. Dixon and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1979 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the information that is available on four languages which are on the point of extinction, and an assessment of what linguistic impressions can be inferred from the scant material that is available on the extinct languages of Tasmania.

Download or read book Handbook of Australian Languages written by R.M.W. Dixon and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1981-12-31 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the information that is available on four languages which are on the point of extinction, and an assessment of what linguistic impressions can be inferred from the scant material that is available on the extinct languages of Tasmania.

Download or read book A Word list of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Languages written by Norman James Brian Plomley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Australian Aboriginal Languages written by Barry J. Blake and published by Angus & Robertson Publishers. This book was released on 1981 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A general introduction to traditional Aboriginal languages and the impact of European settlement.

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Download or read book Australian Aboriginal Languages written by Barry J. Blake and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 1991 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second and revised edition of a survey of Aboriginal languages and their relation to tribal life. Before European settlement there were over 200 different languages, but more than half of these are now extinct. Includes a section on Aboriginal words in Australian English. First published in 1981.

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Download or read book History of Research in Australian and Tasmanian Languages written by Arthur Capell and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pre - scientific period, early recordings (17881825) notes collection of vocabularies by Cook, early settlers at Port Jackson, Hale; Threlkeld; compendia of languages - Brough Smyth, Curr, John Mathew, Gunther, Ridley, R.H. Mathews, south and west Australia; Tasmania; scientific period research by independent workers, research encouraged institutionally; research on language classification & linguistic history (phonology, grammatical structure, shared vocabulary)

Download or read book Australian Languages written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Dixon presents a comprehensive study of the indigenous languages of Australia.