The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2014

The Languages and Linguistics of Australia

A Comprehensive Guide

Edited by: Harold Koch and Rachel Nordlinger

Volume 3 in the series The World of Linguistics [WOL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110279771

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About this book

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 / Editor information

Harold Koch, Australian National University, Australia; Rachel Nordlinger, University of Melbourne, Australia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Part I. Traditional Indigenous languages of Australia
1. The languages of Australia in linguistic research: context and issues Harold Koch and Rachel Nordlinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Historical relations among the Australian languages: genetic classification and contact-based diffusion Harold Koch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Sound patterns of Australian Languages Janet Fletcher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
4. Word Structure in Australian languages Brett Baker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
5. Constituency and Grammatical Relations in Australian languages Rachel Nordlinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
6. Complex Predicates in Australian languages Claire Bowern Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	263
7. Semantics of Australian Languages Alice Gaby and Ruth Singer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
8 Indigenous language maintenance and revitalisation Michael Walsh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Part II. Post-contact language varieties
9 Language Contact Varieties Felicity Meakins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
10. Aboriginal English Diana Eades Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
11. Australian English Peter Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
Index of languages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
Index of names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	491
Index of subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	496

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students and Researchers of Linguistics, Academics. Institutional Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 16
- Main content: 507

eBook

Published: August 19, 2014
ISBN: 9783110279771

Hardcover

Published: July 28, 2014
ISBN: 9783110279696