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Australia's Original Languages

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760871532
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 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

Australia's Original Languages

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781760875237
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (752 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.

The Languages of Australia

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108017851
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 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.

Language in Australia

Author : Suzanne Romaine
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521339834
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (398 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.

Language in Native Title

Author : David Nash
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 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.

Australian Languages

Author : R. M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521473780
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 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.

Language shift and death of indigenous languages in Australia

Author :
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638578046
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (385 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.

The Languages and Linguistics of Australia

Author : Harold Koch
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110395126
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 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.

The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages

Author : Gerhard Leitner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110190793
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (97 download)

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Book Synopsis The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages by : Gerhard Leitner

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, ..

Language of the Aborigines of the Colony of Victoria and Other Australian Districts (1859)

Author : Daniel Bunce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781104986599
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (865 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.

Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia

Author : Adam Kendon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521360080
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia written by Adam Kendon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1988 book was the first full-length study ever to be published on the subject of sign language as a means of communication among Australian Aborigines. Based on fieldwork conducted over a span of nine years, the volume presents a thorough analysis of the structure of sign languages and their relationship to spoken languages.

Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages

Author : William Ridley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Kámilarói, and Other Australian Languages written by William Ridley and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kámilarói and other Australian Languages

Author : William Ridley
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385239516
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Kámilarói and other Australian Languages written by William Ridley and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Paper and Talk

Author : Nicholas Thieberger
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
ISBN 13 : 0855752734
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (557 download)

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Download or read book Paper and Talk written by Nicholas Thieberger and published by Aboriginal Studies Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excellent introduction to the complicated issues of language reconstruction, this concise guide explores languages that are no longer spoken or those that are spoken by only a few people. Each contributor works through some of the complex issues vital to language workers in an accessible, easy-to-read style, and exercises throughout the book provide immediate ways to put the ideas into practice and experience the rewards and frustrations of this kind of language work.

Australia's Many Voices

Author : Gerhard Leitner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110181951
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Australia's Many Voices written by Gerhard Leitner and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2004 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is host to many languages - English, indigenous, migrant, and contact. Its multilingualism, the sociopolitical changes that have been impacting upon them, and its wide-ranging language policy efforts are well-known. What has been missing so far is a comprehensive, integrative study of the entire 'habitat' of languages - the contacts and interactions that have been taking place from the beginning of colonization to the present day with their linguistic outcomes. This book and its companion, Australia's Many Voices. Australian English - The National Language, develop and apply such an approach. The present book deals with non-mainstream varieties of English, indigenous, migrant, and contact languages. Based on census and other data to 2003, it addresses themes such as language demographics, language shift, and socio-psychological factors that bear upon it. Language change is discussed from the angle of the uprooting of indigenous languages from their original context, of transplantation, and of contact with English. Pidgins and creoles are located inside the Pacific context of the nineteenth century. This study provides an analysis of language and language-education policies to 2003 and connects this theme with the role of Australian English, the national language. It suggests that Australia's habitat is reaching a new stage of plurilingual tolerance. The book is of interest for specialists from a wide range of language and policy disciplines. Its discursive, non-technical style makes it accessible to non-specialists with no background in linguistics.

Re-awakening Languages

Author : John Hobson
Publisher : Sydney University Press
ISBN 13 : 174332099X
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Re-awakening Languages written by John Hobson and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indigenous languages of Australia have been undergoing a renaissance over recent decades. Many languages that had long ceased to be heard in public and consequently deemed 'dead' or 'extinct', have begun to emerge. Geographically and linguistically isolated, revitalisers of Indigenous Australian languages have often struggled to find guidance for their circumstances, unaware of the others walking a similar path. In this context Re-awakening Languages seeks to provide the first comprehensive snapshot of the actions and aspirations of Indigenous people and their supporters for the revitalisation of Australian languages in the 21st century. The contributions to this volume describe the satisfactions and tensions of this ongoing struggle. They also draw attention to the need for effective planning and strong advocacy at the highest political and administrative levels, if language revitalisation in Australia is to be successful and people's efforts are to have longevity.

Revivalistics

Author : Ghilad Zuckermann
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199812772
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Revivalistics written by Ghilad Zuckermann and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This seminal book introduces revivalistics, a new trans-disciplinary field of enquiry surrounding language reclamation, revitalization and reinvigoration. The book is divided into two main parts that represent Zuckermann's fascinating and multifaceted journey into language revival, from the 'Promised Land' (Israel) to the 'Lucky Country' (Australia) and beyond. Part 1: language revival and cross-fertilization. The aim of this part is to suggest that due to the ubiquitous multiple causation, the reclamation of a no-longer spoken language is unlikely without cross-fertilization from the revivalists' mother tongue(s). Thus, one should expect revival efforts to result in a language with a hybridic genetic and typological character. The book highlights salient morphological, phonological, phonetic, syntactic, semantic and lexical features, illustrating the difficulty in determining a single source for the grammar of 'Israeli', the language resulting from the Hebrew revival. The European impact in these features is apparent inter alia in structure, semantics or productivity. Multiple causation is manifested in the Congruence Principle, according to which the more contributing languages a feature exists in, the more likely it is to persist in the emerging language. Consequently, the reality of linguistic genesis is far more complex than a simple family tree system allows. 'Revived' languages are unlikely to have a single parent. Part 2: language revival and wellbeing. The book then applies practical lessons (rather than clichés) from the critical analysis of the Hebrew reclamation to other revival movements globally, and goes on to describe the why and how of language revival. The how includes practical, nitty-gritty methods for reclaiming 'sleeping beauties' such as the Barngarla Aboriginal language of Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, e.g. using what Zuckermann calls talknology (talk technology). The why includes ethical, aesthetic, and utilitarian reasons such as improving wellbeing and mental health"--