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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia : A Comprehensive Guide / ed. by Harold Koch, Rachel Nordlinger.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The World of Linguistics [WOL] ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (507 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110279696
  • 9783110395129
  • 9783110279771
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 499.15 23
LOC classification:
  • PL7001 .L38 2014
  • PL7001 .L36 2014
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
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 -- 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion -- 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages -- 4. Word Structure in Australian languages -- 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages -- 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages -- 7. Semantics of Australian Languages -- 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation -- Part II. Post-contact language varieties -- 9 Language Contact Varieties -- 10. Aboriginal English -- 11. Australian English -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110279771

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 -- 2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion -- 3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages -- 4. Word Structure in Australian languages -- 5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages -- 6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages -- 7. Semantics of Australian Languages -- 8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation -- Part II. Post-contact language varieties -- 9 Language Contact Varieties -- 10. Aboriginal English -- 11. Australian English -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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