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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784084703321

Autore

McGregor William

Titolo

The languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia [[electronic resource] /] / William B. McGregor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-39603-1

1-280-07879-0

0-203-43471-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Classificazione

18.95

Disciplina

427/.99414

Soggetti

Australian languages - Australia - Kimberley (W.A.) - Grammar

Nyulnyul language K13

Walmajarri language A66

Jaru language K12

Yawuru language K1

Warrwa language K10

Miriwoong / Miriuwung language K29

Bardi language K15

Bunuba language K5

Gooniyandi language K6

Ngarinyin language K18

Nyikina language K3

Worrorra language K17

Kimberley (W.A.) Languages Grammar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 338-357) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and conventions; Introduction; Survey of Kimberley languages; Language in Kimberley Aboriginal societies; Phonetics and phonology; Fundamental concepts of grammar; Pronouns and determiners; Nominals and noun phrases; Verbs and verbal constructions; Vocabulary and meaning; Clauses and sentences;



Text and discourse; Grammar in language use; Conclusion; Notes; Languages and sources; Bibliography; Index of languages and language families; Index of names; Index of subjects;

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides an insightful and highly readable account both of the social setting in which the languages are spoken and of their main structural features.