Languages of Australia and Tasmania

Languages of Australia and Tasmania
Author: S. A. Wurm
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2019-11-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110808293

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The Languages of Australia

The Languages of Australia
Author: R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2011-01-20
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1108017851

This ground-breaking 1980 study of over 200 Australian languages is still valuable, especially for its non-technical opening chapters.

Handbook of Australian Languages

Handbook of Australian Languages
Author: Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1979
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9027220042

This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the information that is available on four languages which are on the point of extinction, and an assessment of what linguistic impressions can be inferred from the scant material that is available on the extinct languages of Tasmania.

Handbook of Australian Languages

Handbook of Australian Languages
Author: R.M.W. Dixon
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 453
Release: 1981-12-31
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027273545

This handbook makes available short grammatical sketches of Australian languages. Each grammar is written in a standard format, following guidelines provided by the editors, and includes a sample text and vocabulary text. The contributions to this volume are salvage studies, giving all the information that is available on four languages which are on the point of extinction, and an assessment of what linguistic impressions can be inferred from the scant material that is available on the extinct languages of Tasmania.

Language in Australia

Language in Australia
Author: Suzanne Romaine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 1991
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521339834

Linguists and non-linguists will find in this volume a guide and reference source to the rich linguistic heritage of Australia.

Australian Aboriginal Languages

Australian Aboriginal Languages
Author: Barry J. Blake
Publisher: Angus & Robertson Publishers
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1981
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN:

A general introduction to traditional Aboriginal languages and the impact of European settlement.

Speaking Our Language

Speaking Our Language
Author: Bruce Moore
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

For the first time the story of Australian English is about to be told in full. It is written for people who want to know where Australian English came from, what the forces were that moulded it, why it takes its present form, and where it is going. Australian author and content.

Australian Aboriginal Languages

Australian Aboriginal Languages
Author: Barry J. Blake
Publisher: University of Queensland Press(Australia)
Total Pages: 160
Release: 1991
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

Second and revised edition of a survey of Aboriginal languages and their relation to tribal life. Before European settlement there were over 200 different languages, but more than half of these are now extinct. Includes a section on Aboriginal words in Australian English. First published in 1981.