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UNINA9910777350703321 |
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Autore |
Dixon Robert M. W. <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Australian languages : their nature and development / / R.M.W. Dixon |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-316-08475-2 |
1-280-41689-0 |
0-511-17777-1 |
0-511-03957-3 |
0-511-14818-6 |
0-511-33022-7 |
0-511-48686-3 |
0-511-05307-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xlii, 734 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Cambridge language surveys |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Australian languages |
Australian languages - Grammar |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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 (p. 700-718) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; MAPS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONVENTIONS FOLLOWED; LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; 1 The language situation in Australia; 2 Modelling the language situation; 3 Overview; 4 Vocabulary; 5 Case and other nominal suffixes; 6 Verbs; 7 Pronouns; 8 Bound pronouns; 9 Prefixing and fusion; 10 Generic nouns, classifiers, genders and noun classes; 11 Ergative/accusative morphological and syntactic profiles; 12 Phonology; 13 Genetic subgroups and small linguistic areas; 14 Summary and conclusion; References; INDEX OF LANGUAGES, DIALECTS AND LANGUAGE GROUPS; SUBJECT INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Aboriginal people have been in Australia for at least 40,000 years, speaking about 250 languages. Through examination of published and unpublished materials on each of the individual languages, Professor |
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