The languages and linguistics of Australia : a comprehensive guide / / edited by Harold Koch, Rachel Nordlinger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827813803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 3-11-039512-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (523 p.)
• Collana: World of linguistics ; ; volume 3
• Disciplina: 499.15
• Soggetti: Linguistics - Research - Australia; Aboriginal Australians - Languages; Comparative linguistics - Australia; Sociolinguistics - Australia; Australia Languages
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Maps -- Part I. Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia -- 1. The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues / Koch, Harold / Nordlinger, Rachel -- 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion / Koch, Harold -- 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages / Fletcher, Janet -- 4. Word Structure in Australian languages / Baker, Brett -- 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages / Nordlinger, Rachel -- 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages / Bowern, Claire -- 7. Semantics of Australian Languages / Gaby, Alice / Singer, Ruth -- 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation / Walsh, Michael -- Part II. Post-contact language varieties -- 9 Language Contact Varieties / Meakins, Felicity -- 10. Aboriginal English / Eades, Diana -- 11. Australian English / Collins, Peter -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and ; linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.