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UNINA9910377812703321 |
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Giacon John |
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Titolo |
Wiidhaa : an introduction to Gamilaraay / / John Giacon |
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ANU Press, 2020 |
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Acton, Australia : , : ANU Press, , 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (310 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aboriginal Australians - Languages |
Kamilaroi (Australian people) |
Kamilaroi language |
Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi language D23 |
Yuwaalaraay language D27 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Lesson 1. Hello, Goodbye, Questions -- Lesson 2. 'This, That' Demonstratives; more questions -- Lesson 3. Contrast / Take it! -- Lesson 4. Who are you? Are you good? -- Lesson 5. Verbs. Y class/ 'going to' (Allative) suffix -- Lesson 6. Verbs. Y class 'future' and 'past' -- Lesson 7. Where is it? The place (Locative) suffix -- Lesson 8. Possession -- Lesson 9. To, From and At -- Lesson 10. Adjectives -- Gayrrda -- Lesson 11. L class verbs; transitivity; doer.to/Ergative suffix -- Lesson 12. Doer.to/Actor and instrument -- Lesson 13. Verbs. NG class, RR class -- Lesson 14. What for/Whose/Who for? -- Lesson 15. More Pronouns. Singular -- Lesson 16. Verbs. Continuous -- non-moving -- Lesson 17. Verbs. Continuous -- moving -- Lesson 18. Further Suffixes -- Lesson 19. More Pronouns. Dual and Plural -- Lesson 20. Pronouns. Locative/Allative and Ablative -- Lesson 21. Other Third Person Pronouns -- Appendix 1. Resources ; Appendix 2. Pronunciation Guide ; Appendix 3. Case Summary ; Appendix 4. Verb Summary ; Appendix 5. Pronoun Summary ; Appendix 6. Wordlist. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Gamilaraay language declined in use for many years after the colonisation of Australia. From around 1990, Gamilaraay people and others have been working to revive the language. This book draws on |
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recent research into previous records and analyses of Gamilaraay and of the closely related, and better recorded, Yuwaalaraay. It provides an introduction to many aspects of the language including verbs, the case system and the extensive pronoun paradigm, in a format that students have found very helpful for the last 12 years. |
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