Australias Original Languages

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760871532
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Original Languages written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A must read for all who would like to understand the languages and culture of Indigenous Australians.' Dr Ernie Grant, Elder of the Jirrbal nation When Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay, about 250 distinct languages were spoken across the continent. Yet Australian Indigenous languages actually share many common features. Bob Dixon has been working with elders to research Australian languages for half a century, and he draws on this deep experience to outline the common features. He provides a straightforward introduction to the sounds, word building, and wide-ranging vocabulary of Indigenous languages, and highlights distinctive grammatical features. He explains how language is related to culture, including kinship relationships, gender systems, and naming conventions. With examples from over 30 languages and anecdotes illustrating language use, and avoiding technical terms, Australia's Original Languages is the indispensable starting point for anyone interested in learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait languages. 'Written in an accessible, easy to read style, Professor Dixon's new book is an informative and entertaining introduction to Australia's "original" languages.' Dr Joe Blythe, Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760875237
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australia's Original Languages written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait languages that explains their distinctive features accessibly for readers who have no previous experience with learning another language, and shows how language reflects traditional culture.

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108017851
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Languages of Australia written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking 1980 study of over 200 Australian languages is still valuable, especially for its non-technical opening chapters.

Author : Suzanne Romaine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521339834
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language in Australia written by Suzanne Romaine and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linguists and non-linguists will find in this volume a guide and reference source to the rich linguistic heritage of Australia.

Author : Gerhard Leitner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110190793
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages written by Gerhard Leitner and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2007 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book looks at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and explores the changing habitat of languages from pre-colonial times to the present. The contributions treat the languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, ..

Author : David Nash
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language in Native Title written by David Nash and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume has its origin in a workshop on Linguistic Issues in Native Title held at the University of Western Australia on 2 October 1999.

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521473780
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Languages written by R. M. W. Dixon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-11-14 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Dixon presents a comprehensive study of the indigenous languages of Australia.

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Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638578046
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language shift and death of indigenous languages in Australia written by and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2006-12-07 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, University of Regensburg, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: As the sailor Captain Cook occupied the Eastern half of Australia in the name of the English King George III in 1770 the foundation for the language contact between English and Aboriginal languages has been laid. This occupation and the spread of British colonisation had a disastrous impact on the indigenous languages of Australia. After the English government had decided to found a penal colony in Botany Bay, Australia, in order to oppose the overcrowding in the British prisons, the First Fleet with 736 prisoners reached Australia on January 26th in 1788. Up to the arrival of the first British people in 1788 about 300,000 native inhabitants, later called Aborigines, lived in Australia for more than 40,000 years and about 230 distinct languages as well as 500 to 600 dialects were once spoken by the native Australians. The characteristic in Australian languages is that due to the lack in influence from other languages, Aboriginal languages are mostly independent of other language families. After about one century, however, the population of the Aboriginal Australians was reduced to 50,000 people. Moreover, after 200 years of British settlement only 90 indigenous languages were left. Approximately 70 out of these languages were threatened by extinction and only half of them still remained between ten and one hundred speakers.

Author : Harold Koch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110395126
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Languages and Linguistics of Australia written by Harold Koch and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Daniel Bunce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104986599
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Language of the Aborigines of the Colony of Victoria and Other Australian Districts (1859) written by Daniel Bunce and published by . This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.