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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788805003321

Autore

Verstraete Jean-Christophe <1976->

Titolo

A grammar and lexicon of Yintyingka / / Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Bruce Rigsby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston ; ; Munich : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-0071-6

1-61451-900-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 p.)

Collana

Pacific linguistics, , 1448-8310 ; ; volume 648

Disciplina

400

Soggetti

Yindjibarndi language - Grammar

Aboriginal Australians - Australia - Queensland - Languages

Pama-Nyungan languages - Grammar

Extinct languages - Australia - Queensland

Yintyingka language Y236

Australia Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Australian languages

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sources -- Chapter 3. Phonology -- Chapter 4. Morphology -- Chapter 5. Syntax -- Chapter 6. Yintyingka in a comparative perspective -- Chapter 7. Lexicon -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a description of Yintyingka, a Pama-Nyungan language of Cape York Peninsula in Australia. The language is no longer spoken, but the analysis is based on a range of archival materials from the 1920's to the 1990's, as well as the authors' fieldwork experience with neighbouring languages. This book pays special attention to the language in its social context, historical-comparative analysis, and the methods used to analyse the archival material.